Cholera outbreak kill 8 in Ebonyi
Eight persons have died as a result of fresh cholera outbreak in Ebonyi State. Three of the deaths were recorded in Ndiogbu Ndieze villag...
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Eight persons have died as a result of fresh cholera outbreak in Ebonyi State.
Three of the deaths were recorded in Ndiogbu Ndieze village, Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State.
Seventeen persons in the community were also hospitalized.
Five deaths were confirmed by the Director of Public Health and Disease Control in the state, Dr. Christian Achi in Ikwo community, Ikwo local government area of the state as a result of fresh outbreak of the disease in the area.
The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Francis Onwe and other officials of the state Ministry of Health were forced to visit the affected areas following the outbreak and distributed drugs.
A stakeholder of Ndiogbu Ndieze village, Chief Austin Igwe Edeze whose younger brother was among those that died following the outbreak said people who attended burial of a resident of the area came back and started vomiting and defecating uncontrollably.
He said:‘’Nobody suspected that cholera was responsible for the frequent vomiting and defecation by the people that attended the burial ceremony.
‘’ So before we could notice it is cholera, was down; vomiting and stooling and we took him to the hospital and he died early in the morning.
‘’We raised alarm to the Ministry of Health and the officials advised that we should quickly bury him to avoid the disease spreading to other people around which we obeyed and bury him immediately.
‘’The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry sent a team who visited us for enlightenment on the prevention of the disease and donated some drugs after the lecture’’ he added.
The state Epidemiologist Dr. Francis Onwe said the state health officials were contacted by Chief Austin Igwe Edeze whose younger brother was among those that died as a result of the epidemic.
He advised the residents to ensure personal and environmental hygiene to avoid contracting the disease.
Onwe further advised them to ensure they bury any victim immediately such person dies to avoid spreading the epidemic.
He also warned them to desist from drinking stream and contaminated water which he explained are sources of contracting the disease..
Three of the deaths were recorded in Ndiogbu Ndieze village, Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State.
Seventeen persons in the community were also hospitalized.
Five deaths were confirmed by the Director of Public Health and Disease Control in the state, Dr. Christian Achi in Ikwo community, Ikwo local government area of the state as a result of fresh outbreak of the disease in the area.
The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Francis Onwe and other officials of the state Ministry of Health were forced to visit the affected areas following the outbreak and distributed drugs.
A stakeholder of Ndiogbu Ndieze village, Chief Austin Igwe Edeze whose younger brother was among those that died following the outbreak said people who attended burial of a resident of the area came back and started vomiting and defecating uncontrollably.
He said:‘’Nobody suspected that cholera was responsible for the frequent vomiting and defecation by the people that attended the burial ceremony.
‘’ So before we could notice it is cholera, was down; vomiting and stooling and we took him to the hospital and he died early in the morning.
‘’We raised alarm to the Ministry of Health and the officials advised that we should quickly bury him to avoid the disease spreading to other people around which we obeyed and bury him immediately.
‘’The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry sent a team who visited us for enlightenment on the prevention of the disease and donated some drugs after the lecture’’ he added.
The state Epidemiologist Dr. Francis Onwe said the state health officials were contacted by Chief Austin Igwe Edeze whose younger brother was among those that died as a result of the epidemic.
He advised the residents to ensure personal and environmental hygiene to avoid contracting the disease.
Onwe further advised them to ensure they bury any victim immediately such person dies to avoid spreading the epidemic.
He also warned them to desist from drinking stream and contaminated water which he explained are sources of contracting the disease..
