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Cuban doctor with Ebola is stable, has reduced fever, official says
REUTERS NOV. 20, 2014
HAVANA --The Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone was in stable condition with a reduced fever and no further complications, a Cuban health official said Wednesday.
The doctor, Felix Baez, 43, cannot recall any mistake in procedure that could have led to him catching the virus from a patient, said Jorge Perez, director of the tropical diseases hospital where Cuban doctors train for their Ebola missions.
Baez, who is married with two children, was due to arrive in Geneva late Thursday, Perez said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS N0v. 19, 2014
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
HAVANA — A member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with the disease, according to state media.
Dr. Felix Baez Sarria is being treated by British doctors in Africa but he will be transferred to a special unit in Geneva at the recommendation of the World Health Organization, Cuban state media said, citing the island's Ministry of Public Health....
Nurse Dalila Martinez, trainer of the Cuban medical team that traveled to Sierra Leone, washes her gloved hands during a practice drill at a training camp, in Havana in September. Cuba says a member of the 165-member medical team it sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with the disease.
State media said that Baez, an internal medicine specialist, came down with a fever of more than 100 degrees on Sunday and was diagnosed with Ebola the following day.
Cuban officials did not say how he caught the disease or immediately release any other information about the case, the first reported among the health workers the island sent to Africa.
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