Cuban Doctor Felix Baez Sarrias, who got the Ebola virus during his work as part of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade in Sierra Leone, is in stable conditions, though he feels very tired, said the head of the intensive care unit at Geneva’s Cantonal Hospital, Doctor Jerome Pugin.»
“Are you nuts? Those who go there don’t come back”. This was how he was openly addressed in the street as soon as people knew he would leave for Sierra Leone, to fight Ebola. But, when you hold firm convictions, nothing matters. He completed his military service in Angola, in the 90s, where he had to assist the wounded during »
Messages of hope, encouragement, love and solidarity fill different social networking platforms to support Doctor Felix Baez, infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone. After the news of his transfer to the University Hospital of Geneva in Switzerland and the stability of his condition was made public, comments through multiple websites of the Caribbean nation and the most popular social networks »
Cuban doctor Felix Baez Sarria, member of the Henry Reeves medical brigade in Sierra Leone, was diagnosed with Ebola and is now under treatment at a Switzerland-based specialized center, with no complications, the Cuban Health Ministry reported on Wednesday. The report published on Granma newspaper explains that on November 16, the Cuban doctor, a specialist in Internal Medicine who had »
With the presence of a hundred participants from 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the first International Course for preventing and fighting the Ebola virus started in Havana.»
Cuba develops a comprehensive plan of prevention and facing an Ebola epidemic, trying to minimize risks of introduction and transmission of the infection, assured Jose Angel Portal, first deputy minister of Public Health.»
Cuban Ministry of Public Health confirmed the death in Guinea Conakry of one member of the brigade that traveled there to fight Ebola. He died as a consequence of malaria with neurological complications.»
Over 500 health workers from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus have voluntarily registered themselves to leave for African countries, in order to help in the eradication of Ebola. Dr. Aris Fontain Espinosa, head of the cooperation department of the Provincial Health Management, told the press that the territory is already represented in the health team that recently left »
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that he met with Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro for four hours in Havana, following the recently held ALBA special summit on Ebola.»
The United States is willing to cooperate with Cuba in the international struggle against Ebola in Western Africa, as confirmed on Wednesday to EFE by a spokeswoman of the State Department.»
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