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Phoenix Nurse Who Helped Ebola Patients In Africa Is Back Home

Jason Odhner
(KJZZ file photo)
Jason Odhner, right, at the Phoenix Allies for Community Health clinic, with Leigh Bowie, left.

Earlier this year, we met Jason Odhner— a Phoenix nurse, who was on his way to West Africa to help treat Ebola patients.

“They are asking for help. They are begging the international community to step up, and so it is time for us to do that," Odhner said.

Odhner is back home now, so we thought we’d check in with him to find out what his time abroad was like.

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.