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Redcliff battles tapeworm outbreak
Blessed Mhlanga, Staff Writer | 2011-12-15 08:39:00
A tapeworm outbreak has reportedly hit Rutendo and Torwood suburbs, a situation that has strained the local authority?s resources.
Scores of residents have been in and out of health institutions over the past couple of weeks to get treatment.
A taskforce set up by Redcliff municipality to help address financial challenges facing the local authority has been forced to spring into action to avert a serious health disaster.
Former Redcliff executive mayor and a member of the taskforce, Rogers Chisi, told NewsDay the tapeworm outbreak was a result of unhygienic conditions.
?In Torwood there are about 500 households with access to 37 communal toilets and recently only three of those toilets were working owing to sewer blockages,? he said...
Redcliff battles tapeworm outbreak
Blessed Mhlanga, Staff Writer | 2011-12-15 08:39:00
A tapeworm outbreak has reportedly hit Rutendo and Torwood suburbs, a situation that has strained the local authority?s resources.
Scores of residents have been in and out of health institutions over the past couple of weeks to get treatment.
A taskforce set up by Redcliff municipality to help address financial challenges facing the local authority has been forced to spring into action to avert a serious health disaster.
Former Redcliff executive mayor and a member of the taskforce, Rogers Chisi, told NewsDay the tapeworm outbreak was a result of unhygienic conditions.
?In Torwood there are about 500 households with access to 37 communal toilets and recently only three of those toilets were working owing to sewer blockages,? he said...