Cuba Experiencing Cholera Outbreak, 50 People Now Infected
Posted: July 8, 2012
At least three people have died and 50 have been infected since a
cholera outbreak was discovered in the south-eastern town of Manzanillo,
Cuba.
Medical officials have rushed to contain the outbreak by treating nearly
1,000 people in the area.
Officials from the island nation claim that four hospitals are prepared
to isolate any further cholera patients after people became ill while
drinking water from contaminated wells.
While officials are not certain where the cholera outbreak originated
from it is possible that doctors, nurses and other health professionals
brought the disease back with them after providing humanitarian relief
following the Haiti earthquake. Haiti had a bad cholera outbreak in
2010. A Florida resident after returning from Haiti in 2010 was
discovered to have been infected with cholera but she managed to beat
the disease after returning home.
At this time most of the 50 cases have been discovered in the
south-eastern Grnma provides which is located nearly 470 miles from Havana.
Doctors are currently testing the most susceptible patients first
including the elderly, pregnant and infirm. The most recent discovery
comes from a 60-year-old woman who was admitted to a Cuban hospital on
Wednesday.
Officials in Cuba say they have "all the necessary resources to provide
adequate attention to patients."
In the meantime chlorine has been added to drinking water wells to help
kill off the disease and doctors have taken samples of that water to
test it for impurities.
Patients with Cholera can suffer from diarrhea and dehydration which can
ultimately lead to death.
The last report of a cholera outbreak accord to Cuba's Health Ministry
was shortly after the 1959 Revolution.
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