Syria’s Aleppo records fourth cholera death
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Zahi Azraq Hospital in the city of Aleppo recorded on Tuesday a new death from cholera, a young man in his thirties, bringing the number of deaths in the city to four.
A medical source from intensive care unit in the hospital told North Press that the patient had tuberculosis and was being treated form it.
However, being infected with cholera led to his death.
On September 11, Ziad Haj Taha, Head of Aleppo Health Directorate announced, on the directorate’s page, two deaths for two old people of cholera infections.
On September 12, a source from al-Razi government hospital in Aleppo revealed the recording of one death of a 5-year-old child of cholera.
An exclusive medical source from Aleppo Health Directorate told North Press that cholera cases that arrive in government hospitals range between 30 and 50 cases, including slight and critical that need to be monitored.
Aleppo’s hospitals are no longer able to accommodate more cases, so they started to give patients instructions and medicine to deal with mild cases at home.
Government Health Ministry recorded seven deaths of cholera, four of them in Aleepo, two in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, and one in Hasakah, northeastern Syria.
The ministry reported that 53 confirmed cases were recorded, including 22 cases in Aleppo, 13 in Hasakah, 10 in Deir ez-Zor, six in Latakia, and two in Damascus.
In turn, Marwan Lutfi, an agricultural specialist, told North Press that cholera bacteria cannot enter the depth of plants or leafy plants.
Lutfi called on population to wash fruits and leafy plants a lot, as a first precaution to prevent the disease.