More than 20 people have been diagnosed with
cholera and are currently receiving treatment in a
hospital in Jos, Plateau State.

The Head of the Medical team at the Kauna Clinic
in Tudun Wada area of Jos, Dr. Yohanna IIzang,
confirmed this to journalists in Jos on Tuesday.
According to him, the clinic has so far diagnosed
no fewer than 20 persons with the disease.


Ilzang disclosure comes as water scarcity persists
in the state. Residents of the state have been
starved of water for more than four weeks now.

The scarcity is coming on the heels of an industrial
action embarked upon by civil servants in the state
over non-payment of their six months salaries.
Again, the scarcity has made many water vendors
to resort to sourcing the commodity from all
manner of channels.


Meanwhile, IIzang has also confirmed that there
are increased cases of stooling and vomiting
among residents of the state.

The victims, he added, included children.
He noted that while some received treatment at the
hospital, others visited other private health centres
in the state.

A guardian, Mr. Moses Gbande, who spoke to
journalists, said his brother had been vomiting and
stooling since Sunday night.

The Public Relations Officer of the state Water
Board, Nangor Ndam, also noted that the board
was putting extra effort to check the excesses of
water vendors, whom, he alleged, were selling
unwholesome and contaminated water to the
citizens.


According to him, water vendors are taking
advantage of the strike to sell contaminated water.
He said, “For the past weeks, we have been
battling with these illegal water vendors, with the
assistance of the civil defence. It is worrisome
because they are taking advantage of the strike to
sell contaminated water to unsuspecting members
of the public.


Efforts to reach the state Chief Epidemiologist, Dr
Raymond Juryit, were unsuccessful, as calls to his
telephone did not go through.



cc lalasticala



http://www.punchng.com/health/cholera-outbreak-hits-jos-as-water-scarcity-persists/

and the governor is busy faulting the past administration when his own roof is leaking

Please brothers n sis in jos pls be careful