Colombia - Leptospirosis after floods - deaths reported

[Gert van der Hoek]

machinetranslated

Alert leptospirosis in a district of Santa Marta

october 27, 2010


Are alert health authorities of Santa Marta to suspected cases of leptospirosis in neighborhoods that are affected by the floods. The death of two men, allegedly because of this evil, set on the alert.

The District Health Department does not confirm that the deaths were a result of the disease, although neither denies.

"Right now we can only speak of suspected cases," said the head of health in Santa Marta, José Jorge Madera Ballast.

Else the community says Simon Bolivar, a neighborhood east of the city center, affected by the rains and the constant flooding of the river Manzanares. Those who live there say that "there is no doubt that the deaths were due to leptospirosis.

"The information we gave them the wives of the victims who claimed that doctors who attended expressed their husbands who had died from the deadly disease," said Eric Martinez, who lives and civic leader in the industry.

He said the death of adults occurred on 2 August and 20 October.

Ballast Wood said that after the check was in the house of the family concerned, it was stated that evil would have acquired in a rural ride. "The pathological study is being done and determine the cause," he said.

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Re: Colombia - Leptospirosis after floods - deaths reported

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In 'Simon Bolivar' 12 cases

The particular situation that causes this kind of collective phobia among Samaria has been taking place in the Simon Bolivar neighborhood where, according to community leaders, and are 12 cases, of which four adults were killed and eight others are being held in different city clinics.

Pepper Santiago Ruiz, 51-year-old taxi driver by profession is one of the residents in this sector of the city, which is under medical treatment at the clinic Salucoop, having been infected by the bacteria. According to his wife Neyli Viloria, James Pepper became infected, apparently after having had contact with the mud that he had to evacuate their home after it was flooded by the recent flooding of the river Manzanares.

Mr. Santiago, his wife, began to have fevers and severe headaches, forcing its immediate referral to the clinic. There then was diagnosed with the terrible disease, which has been slowly overcoming.

The district Sim?n Bol?var, was one of the most affected by the recent flooding of the river Manzanares, which has apparently led to the proliferation of rodents in the sector.

In the Pepper Santiago are now 12 cases of leptospirosis presented in this sector of the District. Four of them dead and another eight in hospital medical treatment, among whom were two children.

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