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Colombia, 7 indigenous people die of mystery infection - H1N1 confirmed
Re: Colombia, 5 indigenous children die of mystery infection (Colombia Reports, July 21 2011)
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Regi?n22 July 2011 - 1:29 a.m.
Strange illness has killed 5 children of ethnic Chimila
The Government of Magdalena discarded for the moment to declare the area under quarantine. The death of five children and an adult Chimilas elderly, have alerted the health authorities of the Magdalena. The deaths due to bad so far not established, occurred within a month. Those affected are part of the shelter Oristuna Issa, San Angel, Magdalena. High fever, persistent cough, shortness of breath, headache and nausea are symptoms of the disease to date has led to 67 more indigenous to different centers in the region.
Doctors of the Hospital 'Andr?s Orozco Mesa', San Angelo, Samir Armella and Ivis Montes Sierra Orozco, said that the hospital treatment with ampicillin and cephradine, as hydrocortisone has allowed relief to some, while others have had to be referred to hospitals in second and third level of complexity.
"It's a difficult time for the number of patients coming to us, but we are doing what is within our reach," he said. Indigenous people are worried and call the national government to send personnel to find out what is happening.
"We're confused, do not know what happens to us. We do not want to see more children die, "she sobbed Marisol Jimenez, the mother of Deivis a small patient 18 months old.
"This seems like a curse," said Teresa Sanchez, stroking her daughter's arms Naime, 5 months.
Given the event presented in this community, the Ministry of Health Department, headed by Stevenson Marulanda, moved a committee made Issa Oristuna the receipt in order to sample the members of this population to define the causes that are generating the condition and set the action to take. Samples are being made of blood, urine and nasopharyngeal secretions.
For information from the Coordinator of the IPS in this town, Ette Prosalud Chimila Consortium, it was revealed that deaths have been presented since June 18. Therefore it took the intervention of the Local Hospital ESE Sabanas de San Angel, in order to conduct a joint field work, and thus control the spread of the disease.
The governor of Magdalena, Manuel Jose Bonett Locarno, said he could declare the urgency evident in San Angel, but they will soon have to establish with certainty what is happening.
"Although we face a cultural problem with the Indians, have failed to respond in a scientific way," said the regional leader.
The Ministry of Health of Magdalena made aware of the facts to both the National Institute of Health and the National Focal Point of the Ministry of Social Protection, who are awaiting the report of the commission is located in San Angelo for taking decisions. Meanwhile, as immediate action are advanced as follows: active search for respiratory symptoms, sampling, community education on preventive measures, including respiratory isolation, hand washing and timely referral of cases.
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Ward respiratory disease attacks Chimila in San Angelo.
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A respiratory disease attacks a shelter in San Angelo Chimila Magdalena, where unofficially learned that five people have died, including four children and an adult. The information gave the leader of this community, contact Rafael Mendinueta Radio Galeon.
About what is happening in that community said: "We are requesting help from the authorities, we are launching an alert, but say it is nothing, we wonder why not make referrals to a second, third or fourth level, to clarify what is the epidemic that is attacking our people. "
What do you know of these cases you have posted and how many?
"We are about 1770 indigenous and 90 people are ill, children and adults, but do not know what disease is like a flu, a fever and a week the children die, that's why state and national level we are asking for help" .
How many children have died?
"They killed five, four children and an elder in the same month, some people get flu fever, are tightened and a week die."
Five Indian children have died of respiratory disease
By: EDITORIAL ELTIEMPO.COM | 5:33 PM | July 21, 2011
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The strange disease appeared in the department of Magdalena.
Governor (e) of Magdalena, José Manuel Bonet Locarno, confirmed Thursday the deaths of five children of the indigenous community Chimila because of a rare respiratory disease.
The cases occurred in early July in the Indigenous Reservation Oristuna Issa, in the Sabana de San Angel, Magdalena center.
"So far 66 people have attended the sick, of which 17 are children. They killed five children, all under a year since the first week of July," Bonet said, adding that officials from the Ministry of Health Department moved to the shelter to care for the sick and take samples to determine the causes of the disease.
The president said 26 patients have been referred to health centers in Santa Marta, Valledupar, Plato, and Barranquilla. The others are stable Sabanas de San Angel.
"The deaths stopped. Health care is timely, is all the Ministry of Health here and there is coordinating the chief public health officer with the Hospital Fernando Troconis sending remedies," says Bonet.
Patients being treated with Tamiflu since Wednesday, a selective antiviral against influenza virus.
The Ministry of Health was informed of the facts to both the NIH and the National Focal Point of the Ministry of Social Protection, which are the only ones who can determine exactly what the illness is affecting the indigenous Chimilas.
The governor said he had been difficult to gain access to the sick and those who have died because "the culture does not allow it." So far it is believed to be an epidemic of influenza, whooping cough or [atypical pneumonia].
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. Chimilas Eleven indigenous children are cared for in Plato.
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By: Emilio Z?rate Paipa
After five children and one adult died in the Sabana de San Angel is still a mystery to medical specialists, fever, flu, and diarrhea for two months have children Chimila indigenous community.
A total of eleven children of this community are treated at the Hospital Fray Luis de Leon of Plato, and others have been transferred to hospitals and physicians in the city of Valledupar.
According to what was said by the pediatrician, Ibo Mendoza Florez, is believed to be several causes of this disease.
To Beatriz Sanchez Jimenez, who belongs to the community Chimila said when asked his child only two years old, suffers from a few months a strong flu and fever, which still remains a mystery to doctors.
"That is a concern for us indigenous mothers, every day in our shelter is a child dies," he said Beatriz.
Meanwhile, Sanchez Bertilda Jaraba, also belonging to Chimila shelter, said one of his daughters for a month has a strong flu, fever and diarrhea, so he had to go to the municipal health center, but not yet has improved.
In turn the young Kelly Gamarra Jimenez, who has a baby only six months old, said the total illness in a mystery, because the child day and night, has a strong flu and a cough that will not let him sleep . According to the concept of Medical Ibo Florez Mendoza, it is believed that these cases still unknown epidemiology.
Mendoza Florez did not rule out the hypothesis that infection may be the H1N1 virus to climate change presented in the last time, in our country, which through a group of physicians serving the eleven cases in the hospital Fray Luis Lion of Plato, who has been providing medical care.
Finally, he noted that indigenous infants, are receiving antibiotic and antiviral treatment, also receive all kinds of attention, and working toward the causes of the disease.
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Region.23 July 2011 - 07:45 pm
After the violence, threats of diseases are Chimilas
The child population is the largest Chimila affected by health problems. When violence is part of the story and the chapter of paramilitary and guerrilla militancy was closed to make way for a new one marked by the coexistence and peace, the people Ennakka Ette, known as Chimila and located in the savannas of this municipality, their health suffers.
Refuse to disappear, these Indians, who starred in the eighteenth century rebellions against the expansion of the frontier settlement of their territories, facing relentless Spanish invaders have failed to overcome the epidemic and endemic diseases that have caused pain and crying.
The recent death of five children by a disease not because of science, goes back in time where other diseases have been equally nefarious characters.
The story mentions smallpox and tuberculosis epidemics of fatal outcome, in addition to common ailments such as flu, measles and skin diseases (prurigo actinic).
"Death has always been there when there is one thing to another," said Issa Oristunna guard leader, Felix Mendinueta.
Although no longer feel the government orphans from other eras, the Chimilas argue that what bothers them is that the resources that the State intended for health may not be used as they should be.
Despite the troubles, these natives recognize that much has changed in the last decade the development has touched their doors moderately.
Who are. According to some researchers, people Ennakka Ette (people employed), perhaps one of the least studied societies, less known and less esteemed both in the history of the Caribbean Region.
The sociologist Edgar Rey Sinning, author of the book so far unpublished, Stocking and Resistance: the Chimila regarding the process of occupation of their territory, says that the origin of this community has long been a source of contention among anthropologists, historians and linguists .
"For some students this ethnic group is part of the Arawak linguistic family, for others are Chibchas and some belong to the Carib ..." said King in his work.
Geography. The people occupying large tracts Chimila ranging from Cold River and the foothills northwest of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to Mompox and the Zapata Swamp.
Today they are reduced to a marginal territory that is located on the plains of San Angel, Magdalena center. The name Issa Orystunna, which means new hope, was baptized by the late receipt Incora legalized 21 years ago.
The Chimilas had 10 000 inhabitants, but today, in the words of their leader and interlocutor with the Government, Felix Mendinueta, "we are reduced to about 2 thousand." Nearby is Germany, a farm of 400 people who returned after having been displaced by the FARC.
Without shelter, call Issa Oristunna II.
The economy
The economic production of the Chimilas is based on horticulture, hunting and fishing, supplemented by animal husbandry. With the establishment of settlers lost their lands and had to ask permission to the new owners to build their houses and clearings.
The Chimilas then became foreign land farmers and laborers and laborers from the landowners. Farm work is shared between men and women. In your organization, they plant and collect them.
The Mesa Andres Orozco Hospital, the doctor Samir Armella had hard work to care for children.
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7 studies the death of indigenous
Medical Commission Magdalene came to Sabana de San Angel to study the causes of death of six children and an elderly woman in ethnic Chimila.
* Six children and an elderly woman died of ethnic Chimila mysteriously because of a rare respiratory disease that has not been controlled by the medical sector. * The critical situation has been presented for 15 days.
By PAOLA CABALLERO RAMÍREZ
A medical commission of the Ministry of Health of Magdalena moved to the shelter Issa Oristuna in the municipality of San Angelo sheets that killed 6 children and an elderly woman due to a respiratory illness that has not been identified.
The unfortunate situation has been presented for 15 days, spread throughout the indigenous reservation at an alarming because [in addition to] the seven deaths[, there] are other inmates [in] Aboriginal health centers in the Sabana de San Angel.
On cultural issues, the medical staff of the Ministry of Health so far has been unable to advance any type of investigation because the natives did not allow their families are to make any medical procedure as an autopsy that would help diagnose the cause of the disease Respiratory not specified.
During his stay, doctors have treated 52 indigenous ethnic Chimila of which 7 have been sent to Aboriginal Valledupar hospital with symptoms of pneumonia virus as dry cough and fever.
"Right now we are concerned about the situation that occurs in indigenous reservations, we support the Government to investigate this disease has not been specified and that has killed seven people," said the mayor of Sabana de San Angel Antonio Vergara Javier Vergara. The city administration is being fully instructed by the medical commission of the Ministry of Health until the diagnosis is clear and precise.
The municipal president ended by saying that "we are waiting for the indigenous community will allow us to make an autopsy last child who died, we know they have their life plan and must meet a set of permissions for their habit and have established a whole protocol which prevents the medical profession because we put barriers to the actions that lead us to clarify the disease
Last edited by alert; July 31, 2011, 04:18 PM.
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Re: Colombia, 7 indigenous people die of mystery infection (Colombia Reports, July 21 2011)
H1N1 have been the cause of death of 5 children Chimilas
Although the health authorities do not give Magdalena an official statement on the causes of the deaths of 5 children Chimila indigenous ethnicity, located in the center of the Magdalena, word spread that would have obeyed the H1N1 virus.
The information released yesterday local journalism was that the results of the tests were sent to the National Institute of Health, NIH, referenced with the diagnosis came, but however, the health secretary of the Magdalena, Stevenson Marulanda, was airtight.
What he said was the official who "died for acute respiratory failure", ie the same information was delivered from the time the strange disease spread among the community of receipt Oristunna Issa, municipality Sabanas de San Angel, Magdalena.
The news of what was called "strange epidemic" that affects the health of Chimilas and especially the children took hold in mid-July when it unveiled the deaths of five children and an elderly woman.
On July 21, moved to the shelter a commission epidemiological Ministry of Health to conduct field work to collect the corresponding blood samples which were sent to Bog
Re: Colombia, 7 indigenous people die of mystery infection (Colombia Reports, July 21 2011)
A report by the National Institute of Health, the H1N1 virus would cause the death of five children and an adult ethnic Chimila of Issa Oristuna indigenous reserve, located in San Angelo, in the center of the department of Magdalena .
After the round, a team of officials from the Ministry of Social Protection, the National Institute of Health and the Departmental Secretary, made a joint brigade, which aims to establish the origin of the disease that claimed the lives of indigenous people.
Apart from the above, it is important to note that the Hospital Fernando Troconis are held seven similar cases, which have been isolated, seeking to avoid possible contagion to other patients and hospital medical staff.
It should be recalled that in recent days a number of patients from this ethnic group, began to develop symptoms like high fever, persistent cough, shortness of breath, headache and nausea, which forced more than 60 indigenous were brought urgently different centers in the region.
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Re: Colombia, 7 indigenous people die of mystery infection - H1N1 suspected
As has been the case with several other mystery respiratory outbreaks since 2009, I am moving and renaming this thread now that H1N1 appears to be the likely cause.
H1N1, the cause of death of five children in the Magdalena Chimila
By: EDITORIAL ELTIEMPO.COM | 8:21 PM | August 2, 2011
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The test results were revealed yesterday by the Governor.
The case was presented at the Issa Oristuna indigenous reserve, located in the Sabana de San Angel (Magdalena), according to test results sent to the National Institute of Health.
Governor (e) of Magdalena, a retired general Manuel Jos? Bonet, yesterday confirmed the news and said that patients have been treated with the antiviral Tamiflu, which has managed to prevent more deaths occur.
"I stood deaths, drugs were administered to primary care immediately by the IPS in San Angelo, the Secretary of Health Department and all area hospitals (...) It's been almost a miracle that he standing of this as it was our desire, but what we do, "said Bonet.
The president said that a total of 70 sick people had to be referred to medical centers in Santa Marta, Valledupar, Plato, and Barranquilla, but are now returning to their place of origin. "Since the epidemic was controlled," he said.
Deaths of children Chimila recorded in early July, according to the president, and once knew a commission epidemiological Ministry of Health traveled to the indigenous reserve to take blood samples, urine and nasopharyngeal secretion, which subsequently were sent to Bogota.
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Indian situation is controlled Chimilas: Governor Bonett.
Wednesday August 3, 2011
The governor of Magdalena Manuel Jose Bonett Locarno, said that fortunately the situation of H1N1 disease in ethnic Chimila of Issa Oristuna indigenous reserve, located in San Angelo, was controlled in time, which led to the confirmed cause deaths of the H1N1 virus does not expand so long.
"Thank God and the rapid reaction we had, the situation of San Angelo is controlled. All patients were confined in different hospitals in the region are now returning to their homes," said the president. Similarly announced that all members of this ethnic group had been treated with Sentamiflu; drug immediately stopped the virus from spreading.
"From the first moment we knew the situation in San Angelo, our priority was to stop the killings, and so it did. The National Institute of Health congratulated all of us who work for the recovery and control of the situation," said the Governor.
Magdalena Hospital Network on alert for cases of H1N1
By: SANTA MARTA | 7:28 PM | August 3, 2011
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Five Indians have already died of the shelter Chimila Oristuna Issa, Savannas of San Angelo.
The death of five indigenous Oristuna Issa Chimila the shelter, located in San Angelo Sheets (Magdalena), because of the H1N1 virus has alerted the Department's hospital network.
Departmental Secretary for Health, Stevenson Marulanda, said yesterday that although the H1N1 flu is controlled in the indigenous reservation, the alarms are burned to prevent the disease spreading to other towns in the region.
"Our network is alert, we have the channels of communication open and there have been reports of other cases," the official said and announced that to control the situation will meet next Monday at 2 pm, at the Government with managers of hospitals to give them instructions on how to prevent disease.
Also called on the community to seek medical attention if they develop high fever, persistent cough, weakness and dehydration, to take the respective measures.
Marulanda said the virus that attacked the Indians could have been brought Chimila the department of Cesar, where there have been some cases of H1N1, and currently there are only two patients remain hospitalized in receipt that Plato (Magdalena), but are outside danger.
"There were 29 inpatients, of whom two were in intensive care in the (Hospital) Fernando Troconis, but fortunately there were no more deaths. Now we look to not be a new outbreak in the community," said the head of the Health Public Magdalena.
To prevent further infections with H1N1 influenza, the Ministry of Health, with support from the governor of the receipt council proceeded to isolate the indigenous patients in the municipal library Sabanas de San Angel. Similarly, influenza vaccine applied.
According Marulanda, overcrowding, malnutrition, lack of potable water and electricity and the misuse of the depositions made Chimila outside the Indian community more vulnerable to infection with this virus. He also stated that if they had reported on time and not [waited for] the death of a fifth person, things [would be] different today.
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