HAVANA (Reuters) – A Cuban doctor treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the disease and will be sent to Geneva for treatment, the official website Cubadebate reported on Tuesday, citing a Health Ministry statement.
Felix Baez had a fever on Sunday and tested positive on Monday, the statement said. He has not shown complications and is “hemodynamically stable,” the statement said.
“Our collaborator is being tended to by a team of British professionals with experience in treating patients who have displayed the disease and they have maintained constant communication with our brigade,” the statement said.
The World Health Organization decided to transport Baez to a university hospital in Geneva, the statement said.
Baez is one of 256 Cuban doctors and nurses in West Africa treating Ebola patients, a commitment that has won international praise as more substantial than contributions from many wealthy countries.
Some Cuban 165 doctors and nurses have gone to Sierra Leone for a six-month mission, with another 53 in Liberia and 38 in Guinea.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Paul Tait)