This Article is From Oct 14, 2014

Nurse Infected with Ebola Says She's 'Doing Well'

Nurse Infected with Ebola Says She's 'Doing Well'

This 2010 photo shows Nina Pham, 26, who became the first person to contract the disease within the United States. (Photo: AP)

Dallas: The US nurse infected with Ebola says in a statement that she's "doing well," and her hospital remains optimistic about her recovery.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas released a statement on Nina Pham's behalf on Tuesday as she is treated for Ebola that she contracted while caring for a Liberian man who died from the disease.

In the statement, Ms Pham says she wants "to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers."

Texas Health Resources CEO Barclay Berdan says the doctors and nurses involved with Pham's treatment "remain hopeful" about her recovery.

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