Cuban doctor sick with Ebola to be flown to Geneva for treatment
Cuban doctor sick with Ebola to be flown to Geneva for treatment
By John Zarocostas
McClatchy Foreign Staff November 19, 2014
GENEVA — A Cuban doctor who was infected with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is being flown to Switzerland for treatment, diplomats and World Health Organization officials said Wednesday.
A WHO official said the agency recommended the evacuation of the doctor.
According to a statement from Cuba’s Ministry of Health, Dr. Felix Baez, a specialist in internal medicine, tested positive for the Ebola virus Monday. He was being cared for by a team of British health care professionals at Kerry Town, an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, when the decision was made to send him to Geneva.
Cuban diplomats told McClatchy that his condition was stable. A Swiss diplomat said Baez was expected to arrive Thursday in Geneva, where he’ll be treated at Geneva University Hospital.
Cuba has contributed 256 medical staff to battling the Ebola outbreak in the three most affected countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Of those, 165 have been assigned to Sierra Leone, 53 to Liberia and 38 to Guinea.
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