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Dallas hospital settles with family of Ebola patient Duncan

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The Dallas hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan died last month of Ebola announced a settlement with his family Wednesday.

A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Thursday refused to provide any details of the agreement, stating that its sum and the source of the funds is “proprietary.”

Mr. Duncan was the first Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the United States. The hospital has been criticized for initially sending Mr. Duncan home after he first went to its emergency room.

“As part of the healing process, we have again extended our sincere apologies to the family and shared our regret that the diagnosis of Ebola virus disease was not made at the time of Mr. Duncan's initial emergency department visit,” the hospital said in a statement.

The possible spread of the Ebola virus in the United States is raising coverage concerns under commercial insurance policies ranging from general liability to the business interruption protection of property policies.

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