Cuban Medical infected with Ebola comes to Geneva

Felix Baez Sarria, a member of the International Brigade contingent 'Henry Reeve' infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone, arrived Thursday in Geneva for treatment at the University Hospital.

Felix Baez Sarria, a member of the International Brigade contingent 'Henry Reeve' infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone, arrived Thursday in Geneva for treatment at the University Hospital, which specializes in the management of infectious cases of high transmissibility installation.

The plane carrying Dr. Felix Baez landed at Geneva airport at midnight (2300 GMT) on Thursday and was taken by ambulance, surrounded by a convoy of four vehicles to the hospital where you will be boarding, AFP reports.

The University Hospital of Geneva will take charge of the treatment of the first patient with Ebola up to Switzerland. The Cuban specialist was sent to the facility proposed by the World Health Organization.

This medical facility has technology for treating patients with Ebola and safety standards are even higher than those required by the WHO.

According to sources cited by the medical institution by the international media, infected people are treated in rooms subject to negative pressure, which contains the input and output of air- and isolated from the rest of the hospital wards.

The Geneva hospital has extensive experience in the treatment of hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola and boasts a world-class security, Dr. Jacques André Romand told AFP.

After being diagnosed with the disease, Baez was admitted to the Kerry Town complex in Sierra Leone, where he was treated by specialists in the UK in permanent contact with the Cuban medical brigade.

In response to the call of the WHO and the secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, Cuba sent more than 200 specialists in West Africa to combat the epidemic in countries where it originated.

The international community has unanimously recognized the Cuban effort and its medical staff, noted for its professionalism and international solidarity in cases of emergencies.

In Cuba and the rest of the world are countless examples of support to the Cuban doctor infected with the disease, which have flooded in recent days leading digital spaces of the island, and social networks.