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07-13-2011, 02:40 PM
Government entities began installing 500 ecological bathrooms in several sectors of Santiago, to prevent cholera spreading in the province, where 14 persons have died from the sickness. In the first stage, 200 bathrooms will be installed in poor housing in the La Canela municipal district, in the south part of the city, where most fatalities from cholera have occurred according to the sanitation authorities. The program is sponsored by the provincial governor, the Ministry of Public Health and the Pan American Health Organization, in coordination with the mayors of the province.
For his part, the provincial director of Health said that so far this year more than 200 persons have been diagnosed with the disease in the province.
The governor of the province, Raul Martinez, and the provincial health director, Ramon Martinez Henriquez, said that the bathrooms are being installed in the most vulnerable communities of the entire province.
Among the communities that will be benefited by the program are Hato del Yaque, Villa Gonzalez, Tamboril, Navarrete, San Jose de las Matas, Gurabo, Los Salados, Camboya, Los Ciruelitos, Cristo Rey, Los Reyes, Bella Vista, Reparto Peralta, Arroyo Hondo, Pekin, among others.
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For his part, the provincial director of Health said that so far this year more than 200 persons have been diagnosed with the disease in the province.
The governor of the province, Raul Martinez, and the provincial health director, Ramon Martinez Henriquez, said that the bathrooms are being installed in the most vulnerable communities of the entire province.
Among the communities that will be benefited by the program are Hato del Yaque, Villa Gonzalez, Tamboril, Navarrete, San Jose de las Matas, Gurabo, Los Salados, Camboya, Los Ciruelitos, Cristo Rey, Los Reyes, Bella Vista, Reparto Peralta, Arroyo Hondo, Pekin, among others.
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