| Cuban doctor Felix Baez Sarria's fantastic success story, with an ironic twist |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=745"><span class="small">Richard Kane</span></a> |
| Thursday, 27 November 2014 10:25 |
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Dr. Baez Sarria had none of the trauma of past Ebola victims whisked out of Africa. Three months ago Ebola survivors had a horror story to tell. Kent Bradly describes feeling totally lonely and helpless with no control of bodily functions. The following Wall Street Journal article vividly details these early trials and tribulations. I learned quite a bit of interesting comparisons at the following link, http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-ebola-survivors-tread-painful-lonely-journeys-1414801784 More recently when two Texas nurses were cured of Ebola, I noticed no signs of emotional or physical trauma, I thought maybe because they never actually saw what happens if Ebola treatment waits and is not treated aggressively, but Dr Sarria had witnessed the horror and shows no signs of trauma. Both nurses when cured enjoyed being hugged by their friends one even by the President. Now with Dr. Felix Sarria's even better care, you wouldn't know he had the same disease Kent Bradly had. His fever never got above 100 degrees, the medications he took made sure of that. When he arrived in Switzerland for treatment he walked off the plane himself instead of on a stretcher. He had expressed optimism, and maintained email and phone contact with his wife. Somehow no one noted that today is an entirely different scenario than three months ago at least at high-tech facilities. I don't want to overdo the thought that the problem for this county is over. Had the two Texas nurses risked spreading Ebola around during a bad flu season it would have been another test of the US medical system as people in Texas or NY rushed to hospitals and clinics to cheek out a fever. At risk people could have already had a fever which could mask the systems of Ebola for two life-threatening days. The world has some increased danger ahead in several directions, http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/86-86/26732-ebola-pakistan-a-real-reason-to-panic-instead-of-ebola-hype To me I think there is also a moral dilemma. Ebola has accelerated both the idea and the practive that good health care is something for the privileged few. To me it is ironic that a place like Cuba which stands for the idea of equality in health care, has a doctor who was singled out for the best Ebola health care so far. I wish more time was spent opposing the Cuban Embargo then making sure he has the best care possible. Look at the dream behind Cuba's emphasis on health care, a Saudi prince couldn't buy the health care the Cuban doctor received. http://www.coha.org/cuba%E2%80%99s-health-politics-at-home-and-abroad/ It is very unfair how only those connected in some way to the West get top health care, how much care you get related to how important you are. The people in immediate dire danger, hard working African nurses far from high-tech health care have not being given the latest experimental vaccine, but an experimental vaccine isn't the real thing. The top treatment centers in Switzerland, Britain, and the US should pick a few of the hardest working African nurses and invite them to purposely be infected with Ebola in a high-tech treatment center, then go back and treat Ebola in the traditional way, without masks and gloves (the UN already hiring survivors to work with infants with out any protection). Health care would suddenly get more efficient, the stigma of being a survivor would start to dissipate, and what's left of Africa's warm close-knit tribal culture would likely be preserved. Latest News, http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/atom.xml http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/256-justice/27196-cuban-doctor-felix-baez-sarrias-fantastic-success-story-with-an-ironic-twist |
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