No fewer than 54 persons have been recorded dead in cholera outbreak that struck Bauchi State in the last two months.
The State Commissioner for Health,
Dr. Sani Malami, disclosed this on Thursday while addressing journalists in the
state that the victims died at home because they were not taken to the hospital
for medical attention.
Malami said though the situation
had been brought under control through the quick intervention of the state
government.
He said, “The number of deaths
recorded in our facilities was five, but there were lot of deaths in the homes
because people refused to take their relations to the hospitals.
“From our record, about 54 people
have died in their homes. This was because people do not heed to medical advice
to take their sick ones to the hospital.”
The State Commissioner for Health
also revealed that proactive measures had been put in place to prevent future
occurrence, especially in the aspect of awareness campaign, adding that the
ministry had so far visited over 20,000 homes to advocate for timely report of
any suspicion of the disease to the nearest health facility for quick
diagnosis.
He however said the state had
also chlorinated over 60,000 wells within Bauchi town against the cholera
virus.
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