Commotion As Cholera Kills 48 In Borno
Commotion has taken over Borno environs
after cholera struckthe state, killing as many
as forty-eight persons.
Medecins Sans Frontieres, a humanitarian
medical organisation, has said about 48
persons have died of cholera since the
outbreak of the disease last month in Borno
state.
According to NAN, the organisation otherwise
called Doctors without Borders, said that
2,627 cases of the disease were recorded by
the state ministry of health.
Anna Cilliers, MSF’s Medical Coordinator said
that the organisation had scaled up its
campaign to contain the cholera outbreak in
Maiduguri, Monguno and Dikwa local
government areas of the state.
Cilliers disclosed in a statement that since
August 16, some 491 patients were admitted
and 475 discharged at the centre.
She added that the organisation had also set
up another 50-bed capacity CTU centre at the
Muna Garage Internally Displaced Persons
camp in the outskirts of Maiduguri, adding
that the centre would be upgraded to 100-
bed capacity in the coming days, if the
conditions warranted it.
The medical coordinator lamented that the
disease has begun to spread to other camps
in the surrounding area and into the city.
To contain the situation, Cilliers said, MSF
operated an Oral Rehydration Point, where
patients could access sugar and salt solution
to help them to overcome severe dehydration.
“As new cases of cholera
emerged from Monguno, Dikwa
and other parts of Maiduguri,
MSF continues to scale up its
response in the state. Since the
start of the outbreak, a total of 2,
627 cholera cases and 48 deaths
were reported by the Borno State
Ministry of Health. The state
capital Maiduguri alone has
witnessed 1,425 cases, while 600
cases in Dikwa and 602 cases in
Monguno have so far been
reported.
“Early diagnosis and treatment
is vital to tackle cholera
outbreak. As cases of the disease
increased in Maiduguri, we
rapidly set up a 100-bed capacity
Cholera Treatment Centre (CTU)
at Dala area of Maiduguri”.
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