Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Reported cases of leptospirosis and pneumonia in shelters
A six months, from a homeless center of Caracas, died of pneumonia
EL UNIVERSAL
excerpt - machinetranslated
Sunday December 19, 2010
The Network of Scientific Medical Societies in Caracas reported in epidemiological alert, 164 cases of leptospirosis and pneumonia in hostels in Caracas. "We know at least three cases of leptospirosis reported in Caracas, one of them at a shelter in the capital. Also, a child of six months from a shelter also of Caracas, died of pneumonia," signed Jose Felix Oletta, Ana Carvajal and Saul Pe?a in the Alert.
These are unofficial information obtained by doctors in the network as they ensure that there are no government data on disease incidence and in shelters. Nor about the disabled, chronically ill and pregnant women living in shelters.
They warn that, after the floods, there may be outbreaks of leptospirosis and cholera, "it is urgent to establish surveillance to identify patients with fever, jaundice and bleeding in whom is required to investigate, dengue, viral hepatitis, leptospirosis and yellow fever and those having severe diarrhea, exclude the presence of Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera.
A six months, from a homeless center of Caracas, died of pneumonia
EL UNIVERSAL
excerpt - machinetranslated
Sunday December 19, 2010
The Network of Scientific Medical Societies in Caracas reported in epidemiological alert, 164 cases of leptospirosis and pneumonia in hostels in Caracas. "We know at least three cases of leptospirosis reported in Caracas, one of them at a shelter in the capital. Also, a child of six months from a shelter also of Caracas, died of pneumonia," signed Jose Felix Oletta, Ana Carvajal and Saul Pe?a in the Alert.
These are unofficial information obtained by doctors in the network as they ensure that there are no government data on disease incidence and in shelters. Nor about the disabled, chronically ill and pregnant women living in shelters.
They warn that, after the floods, there may be outbreaks of leptospirosis and cholera, "it is urgent to establish surveillance to identify patients with fever, jaundice and bleeding in whom is required to investigate, dengue, viral hepatitis, leptospirosis and yellow fever and those having severe diarrhea, exclude the presence of Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera.