Tuesday 21 October 2014

Cuban doctors proud to risk lives in mission to halt Ebola

Cuban doctor Leonardo Fernandez, 63, who departs tomorrow for Liberia posses for a picture in Havana By Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban doctors and nurses departing for West Africa to combat Ebola consider themselves lucky. Among the 15,000 who volunteered, they are among only 256 who have been chosen for the job. "There have been fights breaking out, heated arguments, with some doctors asking, 'How come my colleague gets to go and I can't?'" doctor Adrian Benitez, 46, said on Tuesday just hours before he was due to board a plane for Liberia. Despite a global alarm over the worst Ebola outbreak on record, Cuban doctors are eager to travel to West Africa and start healing the sick. ...




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