NEWS Following Cholera Outbreak in Gambia, Two West African Nationals Confirmed Death BY STAFF WRITER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 8, 2005 At least two patients died of cholera at Gambia's main referral hospital, the Royal Victoria Hospital this week, The ALLGAMBIAN online Newspaper has been reliably informed. One of the deaths was a male Gambian, while the other was said to be a Mauritanian National. Health Ministry sources say they have received about 20 suspected cases of cholera and patients hit by the deadly disease were being given the necessary medications. According to our sources, the government is trying to down play the cholera outbreak, in view of the October tourist season, as many European tourists "have already booked their flights and hotel reservations." Health Ministry officials confirmed that "there is indeed a good number of cholera cases reported in government health facilities and two patients have already been confirmed death." It would be recalled that Cholera was last discovered in The Gambia in 1998, which left some Brikama youths dead and some others seriously affected. The youths who survived the deadly disease say they were infected with the virus, while they were in the Southern province of Casamance, where they traveled to attend a football match. Health experts say cholera is normally transmitted through contaminated food and water. Patients affected by the disease usually experienced diarrhea, dehydration and persistent vomiting. The virus that causes the epidemic is usually called "vitro cholera". Go To Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2004 AllGambian.Net. All Rights Reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤