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09 - Diarrhea outbreak death toll rises to 11 in Agusan del Sur Thursday, November 09 2006 @ 09:40 AM GMT
Provincial The death toll in the diarrhea outbreak in three far-flung areas of San Luis, Agusan del Sur has risen to 11, a spokesman of the provincial government reported on Thursday.
The affected areas are Sitios Kamalangan, Tamiang and Guisawan, all in Barangay Binicalan in Kilometers 90 and 55, about a four-hour hike from the municipal proper of San Luis.
The dead were immediately buried in the said affected areas. The identities of the fatalities are still being consolidated.
The diarrhea outbreak struck in said areas on Monday.
Ferdinand Perez, spokesman of the provincial government, said Agusan del Sur Governor Adolph Edward Plaza had mobilized all health personnel in the province to combat the dreaded disease which reportedly affected a total of 85 families.
Regional Health Director Dr. Leonita Gorgolon, also deployed more doctors, nurses and even midwives to assist the provincial health personnel in Agusan del Sur headed by Dr. Joel Esparagoza and the municipal health personnel in San Luis town led by Dr. Aladin Plaza, to prevent the spread of diarrhea.
The municipal disaster coordinating council has been activated to assist the victims.
Perez said Plaza sent boxes of medicines worth close to P100,000 for the victims. The medicines were personally received by San Luis Mayor Jose Chua.
At least 85 persons severely affected by the diarrhea disease were evacuated to D.O. Plaza Memorial Hospital in Patin-ay, Prosperidad town and in Butuan City for immediate treatment.
The other victims were treated at various rural health centers in the nearby municipality of Talacogon and this town.
Initial findings of an investigation into the outbreak showed the diarrhea was caused by contaminated water drawn from a shallow well, Perez said.
Plaza, who is closely monitoring the twin disaster in the municipalities of San Luis and Bunawan, said the current situation in those areas is already under control.
Early this week, typhoid fever also hit Barangay Libertad in Bunawan town, where one person was reported dead while close to 500 others were affected.
The typhoid fever was caused by contaminated water drawn from shallow well, it was learned. (PNA)
San Luis, Agusan del Sur
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Luis is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 25,901 people in 4,743 households. Since the 1970s, the town's economy has been largely based on logging industries.
09 - Diarrhea outbreak death toll rises to 11 in Agusan del Sur Thursday, November 09 2006 @ 09:40 AM GMT
Provincial The death toll in the diarrhea outbreak in three far-flung areas of San Luis, Agusan del Sur has risen to 11, a spokesman of the provincial government reported on Thursday.
The affected areas are Sitios Kamalangan, Tamiang and Guisawan, all in Barangay Binicalan in Kilometers 90 and 55, about a four-hour hike from the municipal proper of San Luis.
The dead were immediately buried in the said affected areas. The identities of the fatalities are still being consolidated.
The diarrhea outbreak struck in said areas on Monday.
Ferdinand Perez, spokesman of the provincial government, said Agusan del Sur Governor Adolph Edward Plaza had mobilized all health personnel in the province to combat the dreaded disease which reportedly affected a total of 85 families.
Regional Health Director Dr. Leonita Gorgolon, also deployed more doctors, nurses and even midwives to assist the provincial health personnel in Agusan del Sur headed by Dr. Joel Esparagoza and the municipal health personnel in San Luis town led by Dr. Aladin Plaza, to prevent the spread of diarrhea.
The municipal disaster coordinating council has been activated to assist the victims.
Perez said Plaza sent boxes of medicines worth close to P100,000 for the victims. The medicines were personally received by San Luis Mayor Jose Chua.
At least 85 persons severely affected by the diarrhea disease were evacuated to D.O. Plaza Memorial Hospital in Patin-ay, Prosperidad town and in Butuan City for immediate treatment.
The other victims were treated at various rural health centers in the nearby municipality of Talacogon and this town.
Initial findings of an investigation into the outbreak showed the diarrhea was caused by contaminated water drawn from a shallow well, Perez said.
Plaza, who is closely monitoring the twin disaster in the municipalities of San Luis and Bunawan, said the current situation in those areas is already under control.
Early this week, typhoid fever also hit Barangay Libertad in Bunawan town, where one person was reported dead while close to 500 others were affected.
The typhoid fever was caused by contaminated water drawn from shallow well, it was learned. (PNA)
San Luis, Agusan del Sur
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Luis is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 25,901 people in 4,743 households. Since the 1970s, the town's economy has been largely based on logging industries.