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04-18-2012, 04:40 PM
According to El Nuevo Diario, cholera has claimed in first victim in Tamboril. Edward Ramos Pena, aged 28, died last night, Tuesday, 17 April. Regional Public Health director Ramon Martinez Henriquez announced that the actual cause of death was not known because the patient also suffered from diabetes.

Ramos Pena was admitted to the hospital in Tamboril suffering from fever, severe pain and diarrhea. The hospital has now treated 300 people with symptoms similar to cholera.

According to by Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez, as reported in Listin Diario the cases reported are of amoebic dysentery. He said that the outbreak, whether cholera or not, was under control.

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