VIDEO: Nina Pham speaks from hospital room before taking off for Maryland

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Video of Nina Pham in hospital released
A Dallas hospital released this video of Nina Pham, one of the two nurses infected with Ebola

For the first time, we're hearing from the healthcare worker in Dallas who became the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil. Nina Pham, 26, was treating Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas before his death.

Video was taken before Pham was transported to Maryland for treatment. Her treating physician, Dr. Gary Weinstein, recorded the conversation with her. According to the hospital, Pham asked that the video be shared.