Philippines: 101 have died from diseases in evacuation camps

[Ronan Kelly]

Death stalks Zamboanga folk in shelters
Philippine Daily Inquirer
11:02 pm | Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Julie S. Alipala, Inquirer Mindanao

ZAMBOANGA CITY?They were able to escape death and injury during the terror attack by followers of Moro leader Nur Misuari in this city, but not diseases in evacuation centers where government sent them as soldiers flushed Misuari?s men out.
At least 87 city residents, who were forced to leave their homes and find sanctuary in government-designated evacuation centers, had died as a result of diseases in evacuation camps.
The latest fatality is 14-year-old Omar Sahid, who died on Tuesday at Don Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex.
Sahid?s death brings to 87 the number of fatalities in evacuation centers where people fleeing the terror attack and the government offensive on Misuari?s followers sought shelter.
At Don Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex alone, a total of 118,819 evacuees are still living in what many described as squalid conditions.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Philippines: 87 have died from diseases in evacuation camps

Re: Philippines: 87 have died from diseases in evacuation camps

Deaths pressure transfer of Zamboanga evacuees to safer sites
by Nonoy E. Lacson
March 25, 2014 (updated)

ZAMBOANGA CITY- The alarming deaths among internally displaced persons (IDPs) who developed diseases in evacuation centers in Zamboanga since the rebels? siege, are pressuring the city government to transfer the long-suffering evacuees to safer sites soon.

At least 101 deaths have been recorded at evacuation centers at Baliwasan grandstand and R.T. Lim Boulevard from September 10, 2013 to March 16, 2014.

City Health Officer Dr. Rodelin Agbulos said 48 percent of those who died were children under five years old, 41.5 percent were females and 58 percent were males. Diarrhea is the leading cause of death among children and pneumonia among adults.

Agbulos said other causes of deaths are dengue, acute gastroenteritis, hypertension, cardiac arrest, asthma, complications with stroke and birth or neonatal deaths.
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http://www.mb.com.ph/deaths-pressure-transfer-of-zamboanga-evacuees-to-safer-sites/