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11-17-2010, 03:10 PM
Close sanitary monitoring aimed at preventing the spread of cholera from Haiti to the Dominican Republic has resulted in the authorities isolating the first case of the disease at a Higuey hospital. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said that there have been 12 suspected cases, of which only one has been confirmed. No locally originated cholera cases have been reported. The Ministry of Public Health has issued its first bulletin.
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The Ministry of Public Health confirmed the first case of cholera when Haitian national 32 year old Wilmo Louwef, who spent 12 days in Haiti before returning to the DR on Monday (he traveled to Quanamithe, Haiti on 31 October returned on 12 November), was confirmed to be suffering from the disease. Reports is that he entered legally to the Dominican Republic. The authorities say that the patient, who works in construction in the DR, is being treated at a private clinic in Higuey and is now recovering.
During a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health, Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, accompanied by Dominican Medical Association president Dr. Senen Caba and Pan-American Health Organization representative Lilian Reneau-Vernon, said there was no reason to be alarmed. The first case presses the need for the educational and awareness campaign to reach out to all in the DR to prevent the disease from spreading.
"At 4:05pm we identified the strain that is the same that is circulating in Haiti. We have a team of health experts in Higuey and are taking all bio-security measures. We have followed the route taken by the patient and the bus in which he traveled has been located. Fortunately the bus had toilet facilities that connect to a septic tank. He said that the patient was in perfect condition yesterday at 6pm.
He said that Louwes presented symptoms on the way into Santo Domingo and checked himself in at a non-identified health center in the National District, but since his diarrhea was not severe he continued to Higuey where he was hospitalized because of the monitoring in place that establishes that all cases of diarrhea need to be notified.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. It has a short incubation period, from two hours to five days, and produces an enterotoxin that causes a painless, watery diarrhea. Hydration treatment needs to be administered promptly because the danger is not from the diarrhea, but instead from the dehydration it produces. Children and the elderly are especially at risk.
Protesters in Haiti have blamed Nepalese peacekeeping troops for bringing cholera to the country.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)
http://www.sespasdigepi.gob.do/
The Ministry of Public Health confirmed the first case of cholera when Haitian national 32 year old Wilmo Louwef, who spent 12 days in Haiti before returning to the DR on Monday (he traveled to Quanamithe, Haiti on 31 October returned on 12 November), was confirmed to be suffering from the disease. Reports is that he entered legally to the Dominican Republic. The authorities say that the patient, who works in construction in the DR, is being treated at a private clinic in Higuey and is now recovering.
During a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health, Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, accompanied by Dominican Medical Association president Dr. Senen Caba and Pan-American Health Organization representative Lilian Reneau-Vernon, said there was no reason to be alarmed. The first case presses the need for the educational and awareness campaign to reach out to all in the DR to prevent the disease from spreading.
"At 4:05pm we identified the strain that is the same that is circulating in Haiti. We have a team of health experts in Higuey and are taking all bio-security measures. We have followed the route taken by the patient and the bus in which he traveled has been located. Fortunately the bus had toilet facilities that connect to a septic tank. He said that the patient was in perfect condition yesterday at 6pm.
He said that Louwes presented symptoms on the way into Santo Domingo and checked himself in at a non-identified health center in the National District, but since his diarrhea was not severe he continued to Higuey where he was hospitalized because of the monitoring in place that establishes that all cases of diarrhea need to be notified.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. It has a short incubation period, from two hours to five days, and produces an enterotoxin that causes a painless, watery diarrhea. Hydration treatment needs to be administered promptly because the danger is not from the diarrhea, but instead from the dehydration it produces. Children and the elderly are especially at risk.
Protesters in Haiti have blamed Nepalese peacekeeping troops for bringing cholera to the country.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)