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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 18, 2004           Cholera claims 41 in Kano, 629 hospitalised By ADAMU ABDULLAHI ABOUT 629 persons have been infected with cholera disease in Kano, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Dr. Ashiru Rajab has announced. The medical director made the disclosure when the state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau paid two separate unscheduled visits to the hospital and Hasiya Bayero Paediatric Hospital on Monday respectively. Conducting the governor round the wards designated for the patients, the CMD told the governor that the outbreak of the epidemic was first reported in the metropolitan local governments, adding that currently 14 local governments are affected by the disease. Sources at the hospital informed our Government House correspondent that despite the availability of drugs at the hospital understaffing is posing a cog in the wheel of quick dispensation of drugs to the patients, especially the junior cadre staff. Dr. Rajab appealed to the state government to speed up the posting of more nurses and other medical personnel to the hospital. He explained that out of the number of patients admitted into the hospital, 41 persons have so far died while receiving treatment. At Hasiya Bayero Paediatric Hospital, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau had expressed dismay over the condition of the victims there. The governor who was visibly worried when the acting medical director of the hospital, Dr. Halima Mijinyawa told him that there were no drugs for the patients at the hospital as only prescriptions were being made for them after diagnosis. Some of the patients who spoke to the governor told him that there were no drugs in the hospital, a contradiction to an earlier claim by the health commissioner, Dr. Sanda Muhammad that there were free drugs for the patients� treatment. The governor also wondered why the appointment letter of the recently recruited medical personnel were not released by the ministry of health. He therefore pledged that his government would take urgent measures to provide adequate health care facilities to all hospitals in the state.             SITE TOOLS Print This Page   EMAIL THIS PAGE Friend's Name: Friend's  Email: Your Name: Your Email:           � Triumph Publishing Company Limited 2004

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