Cuban doctor Arniel Labrada, 58, who departs tomorrow for Liberia posses for a picture in Havana

Cuban doctor Arniel Labrada, 58, who departs tomorrow for Liberia posses for a picture in Havana October 21, 2014. Cuban doctors departing for West Africa to combat Ebola consider themselves lucky. Among the 15,000 who volunteered for the job, so far only 256 have been chosen. The Ebola virus has killed more than 4,500 people since March, mostly in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. Among the dead were 239 healthcare workers as of Monday, the World Health Organization said. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA – Tags: POLITICS HEALTH DISASTER)