DRC - North Kivu: 15 deaths from unknown disease

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North Kivu: An unknown disease causes 15 deaths

Posted on Fri, 14/04/2017 - 10:58 | Modified on Fri, 14/04/2017 - 10:58

The provincial health minister, Marcel Kambumbu, confirms the presence of an unknown illness, which has already killed 15 people and more than 100 sick people in two weeks in Iremera, Bulengya in the territory of Lubero (North Kivu). He said, however, that it was not yet possible to speak of an epidemic.

The area chief doctor of Iremera had announced an epidemic in this area, advancing the same record of fifteen deaths and one hundred registered patients.

"I myself have received this information [from the sick]. But I can say that there are still rumors, because at the level of the Department of Health, we have what is called an epidemiological surveillance system and every week we have reports of diseases in the province " , Said Minister Marcel Kambumbu.

He insisted that only the provincial governor could declare an epidemic in a health zone.

"The one who declares the epidemic or something urgent is the provincial governor. So at the present stage, we can not make any statement outside the epidemiological surveillance data, "continued Marcel Kambumbu.

He further stated that sampling had been done for analysis at the level of the epidemiological surveillance system, with a view to identifying the disease.

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DRC: "Unknown" disease kills lives in North Kivu

- Reassuring the people of the region, the provincial Minister of Health, Martial Kambumbu, for his part said that he was monitoring the situation closely

Home> Africa 25.04.2017 Mohamed Hedi Abidellaoui Kinshasa

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An unidentified virus has killed at least 15 people since the beginning of the year in Iremera, a village on the western shore of Lake Edward, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Anadolu learned Monday from well-informed sources.

Katsuva Jeanine, a nurse at the Kaghuli Health Center, confirmed this information, reporting that more than 250 patients were hospitalized in the now overwhelmed health facility, while "other sick villagers are waiting for death in their homes."

"In the absence of resources, we can not take care of everyone. But it is even more difficult for us to treat a disease whose origin is still vague, "she said.

The medical staff is faced with other difficulties, including the depletion of medicines. "Those hospitalized patients who are trying to survive are at risk of dying," the nurse warned.

Promiscuity is the other evil that gnaws at the health facility housing 250 patients with 3 patients per bed, while its capacity of reception does not exceed 40 people, according to the same source.

For civil society activist Paluku Songya, "the state should take this problem seriously, otherwise the disease may ravage the entire village."

Reassuring the people of the region, Provincial Health Minister Martial Kambumbu said he was monitoring the situation closely.

"We are waiting for the results so that the governor, competent authority, declares or not, an epidemic. But in the meantime, villagers should also avoid indigenous treatment when they get sick, "he said in a statement to the press.

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