The Gombe State Commissioner of Health Dr. Habu Dahiru says 65 cases of Cholera have been reported at the Liji Primary Health Care Centre in Yalmatu Deba Local Government Area of the State.
The Commissioner stated this when he led some Senior staffs of the State Ministry of health to the Liji health facilities where 18 patients are currently on admission while 43 have been treated and discharged.
Dr Habu Dahiru who was briefed on arrival by the Director Public health in the Ministry Dr. David Karatu and the State Epidemiologist Dr. Nuhu Bile on the outbreak also went round the wards to empathize with the patients and assured them of the State Government preparedness to arrest the outbreak.
He said the Ministry in conjunction with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC and the World Health Organisation will work in consonance ascertain the strand of the Cholera for effective action and treatment.
He said the Ministry has trigger it emergency response mechanism in all health facilities across the State should the outbreak spread to other parts of the State.
He called on the people of the State not to panic but to be on the lookout for signs of diarrhoea and vomiting and report same to the nearest health facility for action.
The advised members of the public to improve on their personal and environmental hygiene and to mindful of the cleanliness of what they eat or drink .
Earlier the Director Public Health in the Ministry of Health Dr. David Karatu and the State Epidemiologist Dr. Nuhu Bile had told the Commissioner that as a result of the outbreak they have began a socal mobilization at the community levels to create awareness.
Like,share and come back for more news update.
Sahel Online News 