Syria threatened with pandemic as Aleppo records deaths from cholera
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – A source from al-Razi government hospital in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria, revealed on Monday the recording of one death of cholera disease.
The case is for a 5-year-old child from the southern countryside of Aleppo.
The source said the child was taken to the hospital on Sunday, due to severe diarrhea he had suffered for several days after medication failed to stop it.
On Monday morning, Ziad Haj Taha, Head of Aleppo Health Directorate announced, on the directorate’s page, two deaths for two old people, without attributing the deaths to cholera.
The two old people had suffered from diarrhea for five days, without reviewing a hospital.
Al-Razi Hospital revealed on Sunday the recording of two deaths of cholera infections and 35 confirmed cases, a medical source told North Press.
The total toll of the cholera deaths in Aleppo has come up to 3.
Thirty cases visited the hospital, suffering from intestinal pain and diarrhea, the medical source added.
The source warned of the increasing number of reviewers, which have become dangerous, threatening with a pandemic.
On September 10 surgical operations in al-Razi Hospital were stopped because Zahi Azraq Hospital could not accommodate increasing number of patients, turning al-Razi into a quarantine center for cholera patients.
Ministry of Health of the Syrian government announced the recording of 15 cholera infections in Aleppo in the last week.
A medical source said there are about 80 individuals receiving treatment at Zahi Azraq and al-Razi hospitals.