Malaria cases on the rise in NBeG
Monday, 16 July 2012 09:37 Mabior Mach South Sudan >>> . Aweil Civil Hospital in Northern Bahr el Ghazel State has reported a high number of Malaria cases. The hospital's medical director, Dr. Garang Thomas Dhel told Radio Miraya that 60 percent of the patients they receive, test positive for Malaria. Garang said that 6 patients have died from complications resulting of Malaria in the past two weeks. "Malaria is a very big concern here and if we are to talk about this month, we are now in the second week and there are six people that died of complications of Malaria which is high, and when we are talking about the hospital like that, we are talking about attendance of more than seven thousand per month and then out of this, we are talking about sixty percent which are Malaria cases," the medical director said. Malaria is caused by the plasmodium parasite and transmitted though the bites of females mosquitoes. Sleeping under mosquito nets would prevent bites and reduce the chances of contracting the Malaria. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
