Haiti confirms cholera episode has murdered 168, to date

A cholera episode outside Part-au-Prince has been confirmed. With more than 1,500 individuals infected, the outbreak is huge. The outbreak is blamed on the slow recovery from January’s earthquake.

Cholera episode can eliminate

For practically a week, medical officials in Haiti are waiting for confirmation on a disease outbreak in Saint-Marc. The diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration caused by the cholera bacteria could be fatal, especially for children and the elderly. The outbreak of cholera has overwhelmed hospitals because of numbers. One hospital set up emergency care for cholera victims within the parking lot but had to move them inside when it began to rain. Hospitals have been attempting to transfer patients around hospitals with more room, but the speed with which cholera moves makes that strategy difficult. There are thousands infected when 168 individuals have already died.

Been a century since the last cholera episode in Haiti

According to the World Health Organization, it has been over 100 years since this happened before in Haiti. A cholera outbreak like this is obviously not regular. Drinking dirty water is how cholera is transmitted usually. Some with cholera are saying purified water had been all they drank. Either way, WHO officials are tracking down what they believe to be the source of the outbreak. Treatment of cholera fast is necessary since one can perish within four hrs of getting cholera if that person is healthy.

Giving Haiti airlift materials for cholera

Haiti has already started seeing some of the medical and humanitarian materials coming to them. The densely populated camps of earthquake survivors are very prone to outbreaks of cholera. The country is getting a lot of antibiotics, rehydration salts and saline drips. The lack of a strong sanitation and vaccination infrastructure in Haiti complicates the treatment possibilities for the disease. Until earthquake survivors have reliable sanitation, cholera outbreaks are a consistent and constant concern.

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AOL News

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BBC

bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11608551