Not less than 60 cases of cholera have been reported in an outbreak which occurred in Bida Local Government Area of Niger State, leaving at least 15 persons dead.
In
a swift response, an official letter from the Bida LGA, signed by the
Council Secretary, Suleiman Sheshi, for the chairman, dated June 18,
2018 and addressed to the State Commissioner for Health, the Council had
it that it has no capacity to contain the outbreak and it has led to 10
deaths.
The letter expressed regrets that as at the time of the outbreak
(Sunday) “only one Medical Doctor was on call at the hospital due to
manpower shortage.“The General Hospital is lacking medical
consumables and adequate facilities to cater for the present ‘emergent’
health challenge. Over ten (10) infected with the disease have been
confirmed dead."
“The present situation at hand cannot be
handled by the Bida LGA alone, part of the reason why this letter is
written is to request for superior intervention from the state
government. Prompt action from your part will, without any doubt, save a
lot of lives presently at critical point of survival.”
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