Beds look empty units against cholera

Units specializing in the care of patients with cholera installed in major hospitals in the capital remain virtually empty, receiving an average of two and three patients daily with diarrhea, or symptoms of the disease, which is located under epidemiological control in el country.

However, the health centers maintain a strict monitoring of any case of diarrhoea which comes to these units to avoid the possible resurgence of outbreaks, as occurred during the peak of the epidemic that affected the country for several months last year.

C on a capacity 27 beds, unit located in the hospital Luis Eduardo Aybar, one of the most crowded in the country during the cholera epidemic, yesterday had an only patient entered.

In the new unit built hospital Francisco Moscoso Puello, yesterday only had two patients in rehydration and its capacity is 10 beds, while the maternity unit u000aChild San Lorenzo of the mine, the first of this kind installed in the capital, their beds looked empty, and eight patients with diarrhea received day before any required income.

The Deputy Director of the hospital Materno Infantil San Lorenzo of the mine, Paul Wagner, said that the number of patients with diarrhoea who comes to the unit is minimal and that long time is not reported a positive case of the disease which manifests itself with acute diarrhea and untreated in time causing rapid dehydration that can lead to death.

Also the Coordinator of the unit of the hospital Luis Eduardo Aybar, José Reyes, cholera said that diarrhoea cases arriving at the Centre are below normal and coming four to five patients daily with diarrheal problems, contrary to months ago, when the number of patients exceeded 30 to 35 each day to that area.

Attributed the reduction to the work of u000aeducation and prevention are carried out in the country and that the population has to understand the danger of the disease and how to avoid falling ill.

He said that the staff of the unit remains alert to cases of diarrhea arriving and maintaining offering talks to prevent outbreaks.

In Moscoso Puello, since last October the specialized service in patients with diarrhea and cholera suspected offering in a room built for these purposes, the reduction of patients has also been notorious. There are between five and seven patients daily, especially in neighborhoods surrounding.

Ana Julia Cesín epidemiologist explained that the test confirmatory of the disease only are you practical to special cases, including when a case of cholera suspected atypical.

Said that revenue in the area are few, they hover between two and three of which belong to plan B and plan A, which are arriving more severe, u000aper day.

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