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05-25-2011, 03:30 PM
Suspected cholera cases keep being reported in about 20 of the peripheral barrios of Greater Santo Domingo, while the authorities impose measures in an attempt to eliminate the outbreaks. Although the principal sources are still in the sectors of La Cienaga, Los Guandules, El Aguacate and La Puya of Arroyo Hondo, the list of people hospitalized shows that the outbreak has also reached the sectors of Los Mina, Los Tres Brazos, Las Canitas, Kilometer 19? of Las Americas, Vietnam and La Zurza.
Suspicious cases have also appeared in Villa Mella, Villa Maria, Villa Duarte, Sabana Perdida, Cancino, Guachupita, Los Alcarrizos, Bayona, Lecheria, Gualey, La Barquita, Herrera and others. In Herrera, residents reported the death of a man at the Herrera Medical Center that they attribute to cholera. The hospitals with the greatest number of patients with cholera symptoms are still Luis Eduardo Aybar, with 19 cases, including 13 children; Francisco Moscoso Puello, with nine cases; Santo Socorro with seven and a first for the San Lorenzo de Los Mina Maternity Hospital, with two children, which brings the total to 37. Of this number, the authorities estimate that 61% tested positive for the bacteria.
Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez told Diario Libre that efforts were being focused on prevention as well as curing the disease. Teams from the ministry are working in all of the areas where outbreaks have occurred, teaching, vaccinating and advising local residents.
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Suspicious cases have also appeared in Villa Mella, Villa Maria, Villa Duarte, Sabana Perdida, Cancino, Guachupita, Los Alcarrizos, Bayona, Lecheria, Gualey, La Barquita, Herrera and others. In Herrera, residents reported the death of a man at the Herrera Medical Center that they attribute to cholera. The hospitals with the greatest number of patients with cholera symptoms are still Luis Eduardo Aybar, with 19 cases, including 13 children; Francisco Moscoso Puello, with nine cases; Santo Socorro with seven and a first for the San Lorenzo de Los Mina Maternity Hospital, with two children, which brings the total to 37. Of this number, the authorities estimate that 61% tested positive for the bacteria.
Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez told Diario Libre that efforts were being focused on prevention as well as curing the disease. Teams from the ministry are working in all of the areas where outbreaks have occurred, teaching, vaccinating and advising local residents.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)