Cholera Kills 7 Internally Displaced Persons In Borno Camp

No fewer than seven Internally Displace Persons at the Borno IDPs camp have died of Cholera.

They died at Muna and Dala Lawanti cholera treatment centres, according to the Medical Director of Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF, Anna Cillers.

She said that over 200 patients were admitted at the centres since the outbreak of Cholera last month and that seven of them had died while about 100 treated and discharged.

She explained that the centres had been working with the Federal and State Ministries of Health to ensure that the disease is totally eradicated.

According to him, the centre in collaboration with the government has established a 40 bed Cholera Treatment Unit, CTU, in Dala, which has so far admitted 70 patients.

She said that “MSF has also set up an Oral Re-hydration Point, ORP, in Muna camp with a team of 14 Community Health Workers, CHW, who are helping to find new cases.

“Their major role is to trace members of the community who might have had contact with Cholera patient so that we can stop the spread of the disease now.

Callers said that most of the Cholera victim came from Muna due to the invasion of Boko Haram insurgents there.
She also said that the Nigerian soldiers had continued to attack the terrorists in the area, making IDPs in camp to run away from the place.
Coupling with the heavy downpour during the week, the spread of Cholera had been devastating, she noted.