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07-12-2011, 02:50 PM
Cholera is still present in the hospitals of the National District with 62 patients undergoing treatment at the Luis Eduardo Aybar, Moscoso Puello and Santo Socorro hospitals. According to Diario Libre there are lines of new patients every day. In response to this situation, and to the increase of the disease in Haiti, the Ministry of Public Health has announced new strategies in addition to the preventive measures already in place. The new measures include more training for the personnel managing the nation's 1,200 aqueducts that serve 1.7 million people. The ministry also plans to take medical students into the barrios for their practical work for courses on public health and epidemiology. Experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are supervising the new steps, according to Diario Libre.
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