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Headquarters points out that the 5 cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis presented in Villa Montes have already completed their treatment satisfactorily
By
Gabriela Flores
June 15, 2022 - 16:18:37
The director of the Epidemiology unit of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of Tarija, Juan José Villena, has reported that the five patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis presented in the municipality of Villa Montes have already completed their treatment and are doing well.
“It is with great satisfaction that I inform you that the five Visceral Leishmaniasis patients in the department, in Villa Montes, have currently completed their treatment, are doing well, although it is a disease that can cause mortality and is controlled at the level of our department.”
In Tarija there were 10 cases of Leishmaniasis in various forms, so they ask the population who have a skin lesion and who have been in a tropical area to go to health centers.
"From January to date there are 10 cases of Leishmaniasis in all its forms that have occurred in the department of Tarija, of these 7 correspond to the municipality of Villa Montes and three to the municipality of Bermejo, all of them have completed their treatment and we are awaiting the presence of new suspected patients.
Headquarters points out that the 5 cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis presented in Villa Montes have already completed their treatment satisfactorily
By
Gabriela Flores
June 15, 2022 - 16:18:37
The director of the Epidemiology unit of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of Tarija, Juan José Villena, has reported that the five patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis presented in the municipality of Villa Montes have already completed their treatment and are doing well.
“It is with great satisfaction that I inform you that the five Visceral Leishmaniasis patients in the department, in Villa Montes, have currently completed their treatment, are doing well, although it is a disease that can cause mortality and is controlled at the level of our department.”
In Tarija there were 10 cases of Leishmaniasis in various forms, so they ask the population who have a skin lesion and who have been in a tropical area to go to health centers.
"From January to date there are 10 cases of Leishmaniasis in all its forms that have occurred in the department of Tarija, of these 7 correspond to the municipality of Villa Montes and three to the municipality of Bermejo, all of them have completed their treatment and we are awaiting the presence of new suspected patients.
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