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Care for Dallas Ebola patient's dog topped $27K

By CBS News  
   December 05, 2014

Since the Ebola crisis first touched down in the U.S., the public has asked what the price tag is for such an emergency response. On Wednesday, Dallas officials publicly revealed it cost the city a total $155,000 to respond to the health crisis of Ebola patients 0 through 2. Nearly $27,000 went to care for Nina Pham's dog Bentley, a King Charles Spaniel, which included comfortable bedding, toys and boarding at decommissioned naval air base while his owner was sick. Pham was the first of two nurses infected with the virus after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan -- patient 0 -- who died in early October.

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