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NATION
November 4, 2013
Comores - Cases of Fever in Njazidja "It is not the effects of Artequick "
For almost a week , health centers receive, in Ngazidja , cases of fever. The situation is somewhat disturbing because health facilities are almost saturated .
According to Muhtar Moussa, " it is malaria because on 100 patients were recorded two to three cases of this disease . On the other hand several cases of typhoid fever, disorders respiratory and physical fatigue wer recorded, said the doctor practicing in the center of Caritas Comoros in Moroni.
In El Maarouf hospital , the emergency department has identified last Friday , nearly 80 patients , including 22 cases of flu-like syndrome . Some people seek , however, to link the fever to secondary and adverse effects of Artequick , a drug used in the first phase of mass treatment for the rapid elimination of malariain Ngazidja , since two weeks. " To accommodate an emergency case, it is necessary to dislodge another somewhat recovered ," said Fahad Ibrahim , another doctor at the health center of Caritas .
Hypothesis
Dr. Fahad Ibrahim , who is working ,in general from 6am to leave at 16h , said that he asked the competent authorities to take responsibility to educate the public in relation to this crisis.
He believes that this is linked to the side effects of Artequick although still after him, it is not the same effects reported in Mwali Ndzuwani in 2007 and in 2012. An assumption that the chief physician of the hospital emergency El Maarouf does not admit .
The emergency physician rather found last Saturday, an unusual situation , on his return from abroad .
"This situation is not related to the taking of Artequick , but probably to a viral syndrome that is not due to side effects of the antimalarial drug ," said Dr. Ibrahim Jabir that evokes , therefore , compared to the status , high fever with a temperature that exceeds even the Perfalgan , drug commonly used to lower the temperature. The emergency physician Chn of El Maarouf suspected influenza fever that could be carried by the pilgrims that began to regain the country since October 20 .
Dr. Jabir said they had sent a report to the National Board of Health , which , for its part , would have made samples sent to the Pasteur Institute in Madagascar , for analysis to identify the virus. "The results will be communicated to the public , but for the moment we announce that this is not the effects of Artecquick because a virus can not result from taking medication , "assured Younoussa Assoumani , national director of health .
Nassila Ben Ali
NATION
November 4, 2013
Comores - Cases of Fever in Njazidja "It is not the effects of Artequick "
For almost a week , health centers receive, in Ngazidja , cases of fever. The situation is somewhat disturbing because health facilities are almost saturated .
According to Muhtar Moussa, " it is malaria because on 100 patients were recorded two to three cases of this disease . On the other hand several cases of typhoid fever, disorders respiratory and physical fatigue wer recorded, said the doctor practicing in the center of Caritas Comoros in Moroni.
In El Maarouf hospital , the emergency department has identified last Friday , nearly 80 patients , including 22 cases of flu-like syndrome . Some people seek , however, to link the fever to secondary and adverse effects of Artequick , a drug used in the first phase of mass treatment for the rapid elimination of malariain Ngazidja , since two weeks. " To accommodate an emergency case, it is necessary to dislodge another somewhat recovered ," said Fahad Ibrahim , another doctor at the health center of Caritas .
Hypothesis
Dr. Fahad Ibrahim , who is working ,in general from 6am to leave at 16h , said that he asked the competent authorities to take responsibility to educate the public in relation to this crisis.
He believes that this is linked to the side effects of Artequick although still after him, it is not the same effects reported in Mwali Ndzuwani in 2007 and in 2012. An assumption that the chief physician of the hospital emergency El Maarouf does not admit .
The emergency physician rather found last Saturday, an unusual situation , on his return from abroad .
"This situation is not related to the taking of Artequick , but probably to a viral syndrome that is not due to side effects of the antimalarial drug ," said Dr. Ibrahim Jabir that evokes , therefore , compared to the status , high fever with a temperature that exceeds even the Perfalgan , drug commonly used to lower the temperature. The emergency physician Chn of El Maarouf suspected influenza fever that could be carried by the pilgrims that began to regain the country since October 20 .
Dr. Jabir said they had sent a report to the National Board of Health , which , for its part , would have made samples sent to the Pasteur Institute in Madagascar , for analysis to identify the virus. "The results will be communicated to the public , but for the moment we announce that this is not the effects of Artecquick because a virus can not result from taking medication , "assured Younoussa Assoumani , national director of health .
Nassila Ben Ali
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