Malaria and whooping coughs kill 36 in Jonglei’s Duk County ArticleComments (0). Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 21, 2012 (PARIAK) - A Malaria and whooping cough outbreak in Jonglei State’s Duk County, has reportedly killed 36 people with a further 761 cases are under medical care in Pajut clinic. The head pf the health centre in Pajut village, Gai Tut, told Sudan Tribune that 14 people have died of malaria and over 400 others of various ages are affected. According to Tut, their clinics started receiving malaria and whooping cough cases in their numbers over last few days. He says some patients were lost due to lack of drugs. Twenty two people have died and a further 361 are suffering from whooping coughs, a contagious disease caused by Bordetella Parapertussis bacteria. Complaining about an acute lack of drugs, Tut called upon the state government to urgently send relevant drugs help the village. The clinic is too small to cope with such a big number of patients Tut said. Delivering medicine to Duk County like other areas of Jonglei State is difficiult due to the poor roads and infrastructire in South Sudan’s largest state. Most drugs from Mareng [the headquarters of Duk County] were delivered to Pajut clinic from April to November last year were carried on heads by local people at a cost Duk County’s Health Medical Department officer, Samuel Jima, told Sudan Tribune in Bor last week. ` "Even a carton of syringes, the lightest one, was carried from Mareng to Pajut [for] a 100SSP ($38) on people’s heads,” said Jima. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
