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Kasenga: 12 deaths from measles-like illness
Posted on Mon, 11/06/2018 - 17:51 | Edited Mon, 11/06/2018 - 17:51
Twelve cases of death were recorded in three days at the private health center "Mathieu", located in the locality of Sapwe in Kasenga.
Most of the patients had all the signs of measles including red eyes and lips and rashes, alerted nurse Mathieu Kyobelwa, a local medical source at Radio Okapi, noting that the age of patients with these signs varied between 8 months and 16 years.
For this source, it is indeed measles. According to her, about 40 suspected cases of measles were recorded in one week in more than five villages on the Lubumbashi-Kasenga axis including Kasomeno, Lubanda, Malambwe, Sapwe 1 and 2.
According to Kyobelwa, a report was sent to Kinshasa for samples to be taken from patients for testing.
He is concerned, however, that the number of children affected by the disease in the Territory is higher than that recorded, noting that most parents prefer to keep their sick children at home for lack of money.
"There is also this popular belief here that if you take the child to the hospital, he will succumb. That's why some parents keep their children at home with the hope that they will heal. It is a crime against humanity that we denounce and fight, "he said, before calling on parents to bring their sick children to the nearest health centers for proper care.
https://www.radiookapi.net/2018/06/...s-la-suite-dune-maladie-semblable-la-rougeole