By Associated Press An American doctor infected with Ebola said on Friday he's getting stronger every day as he recounted the terrible strain of caring for those suffering from the deadly disease. Dr. Kent Brantly put out a statement  through Samaritan's Purse, the aid organization he was working with in Liberia. He and another aid worker, Nancy Writebol, are being treated in an isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Scroll down for video Dr Kent Brantly, an American aid worker in Liberia who contracted Ebola, is pictured returning to the U.S. last Saturday. He released a statement on Friday saying 'he's getting stronger every day'
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Dr Kent Brantly put out a statement on Friday through his aid organization saying that his health was improving
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He wrote: 'I held the hands of countless individuals as this terrible disease took their lives away from them. I witnessed the horror firsthand, and I can still remember every face and name'
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He and another aid worker, Nancy Writebol, are being treated in an isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta
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Writebol's husband, David, who remains in Liberia, said his wife appears to be improving
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