President Obama hugs Nina Pham Ebola Cured - Ebola-Free Nurse Nina Pham Visits President Obama

President Obama hugs Nina Pham Ebola Cured - Ebola-Free Nurse Nina Pham Visits President Obama Before returning to her "normal life" in Texas, newly Ebola-free Dallas nurse Nina Pham got a hug from President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. Hours earlier, Pham had walked out of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, where she has been in isolation since Oct. 16, to a round of applause. She thanked everyone who cared for her since her Oct. 11 Ebola diagnosis, and said she would finally go home to her dog, Bentley. "I feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today," she told reporters, flanked by her mother and sister Pham, 26, contracted Ebola from Liberian national Thomas Duncan, who flew to the United States in September and was diagnosed with Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Pham, a nurse there, cared for Duncan when he was especially contagious. He died on Oct. 8, and she tested positive for the deadly virus on Oct. 11. It was the first Ebola transmission on U.S. soil. "I am on my way back to recovery even as I reflect on others who have not been so fortunate," Pham said, reading from her prepared statement at the press conference. share this video