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-->Irrawaddy: One death in Mae La cholera outbreak - Shah Paung
Thu 9 Aug 2007
An outbreak of cholera in Mae La refugee camp near the Thailand-Burma border has killed one woman, while nearly 40 others have tested positive for the disease, according to camp medical officials.
A medical staffer with the non-governmental organization Aide M?dicale Internationale, which administers health services in Mae La, told The Irrawaddy on Thursday that more than 30 cases of cholera have been diagnosed since July. The patients are now being treated in the camp hospital.
A Thai health team is also conducting tests for cholera in Mae La among residents suffering from chronic diarrhea, according to another health worker in the camp. The team has identified nine additional cases in the last two days and has referred them to the camp hospital.
Health officials are distributing medicine to curb the outbreak from the Thai Ministry of Interior office in Mae La camp, where authorities have recently banned the selling of beef, chicken, pork, duck and various homemade snacks.
Since late June, more than 60 camp residents have been admitted to the hospital, but not all have been confirmed as cholera patients.
Two additional cholera patients were identified at Dr Cynthia Maung?s Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. one was transferred to Mae Sot General Hospital, a medic from Mae Tao?s In-patient Department told The Irrawaddy.
The medic added that several others admitted to the hospital in Mae Sot were suspected of suffering from cholera, as well as several more residents in Phop Phra district in Thailand, though Mae Sot General Hospital has refused to comment.
Public health officials in Thailand?s Tak Province announced in late July that more than 300 cases of cholera have been identified in border districts of the province in the last two months. :tiphat: http://www.burmanet.org/news/2007/08/09/irrawaddy-one-death-in-mae-la-cholera-outbreak-shah-paung/
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-->Irrawaddy: One death in Mae La cholera outbreak - Shah Paung
Thu 9 Aug 2007
An outbreak of cholera in Mae La refugee camp near the Thailand-Burma border has killed one woman, while nearly 40 others have tested positive for the disease, according to camp medical officials.
A medical staffer with the non-governmental organization Aide M?dicale Internationale, which administers health services in Mae La, told The Irrawaddy on Thursday that more than 30 cases of cholera have been diagnosed since July. The patients are now being treated in the camp hospital.
A Thai health team is also conducting tests for cholera in Mae La among residents suffering from chronic diarrhea, according to another health worker in the camp. The team has identified nine additional cases in the last two days and has referred them to the camp hospital.
Health officials are distributing medicine to curb the outbreak from the Thai Ministry of Interior office in Mae La camp, where authorities have recently banned the selling of beef, chicken, pork, duck and various homemade snacks.
Since late June, more than 60 camp residents have been admitted to the hospital, but not all have been confirmed as cholera patients.
Two additional cholera patients were identified at Dr Cynthia Maung?s Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot. one was transferred to Mae Sot General Hospital, a medic from Mae Tao?s In-patient Department told The Irrawaddy.
The medic added that several others admitted to the hospital in Mae Sot were suspected of suffering from cholera, as well as several more residents in Phop Phra district in Thailand, though Mae Sot General Hospital has refused to comment.
Public health officials in Thailand?s Tak Province announced in late July that more than 300 cases of cholera have been identified in border districts of the province in the last two months. :tiphat: http://www.burmanet.org/news/2007/08/09/irrawaddy-one-death-in-mae-la-cholera-outbreak-shah-paung/
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