Twenty nine cases of suspected typhoid fever was reported anew in Quezon province, according to the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD-4A).
OCD 4A reported that the Municipal Health Office (MHO) of General Nakar from June 1 to 06 July 2011, has recorded 29 cases of suspected typhoid fever in Barangay Anoling in which two of were out-patients while 27 were admitted at CM Recto Hospital in Infanta and at Municipal Health Center in Gen. Nakar.
RD Vicente Tomazar of OCD-4A and chairman of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) said based on the report they received, the signs and symptoms observed were fever, chills, headache, lost bowel movement (LBM), abdominal pain and vomiting.
One person identified as Benny Soliano of Anoling, General Nakar died, but DOH-4A and the MHO have yet to determine if the cause of death was indeed typhoid fever.
Meanwhile, the MHO of Pitogo, Quezon from June 4-30, 2011 also recorded 27 cases of patients who were brought to the hospital due to fever, chills, headache, lost bowel movement (LBM), abdominal pain and vomiting. Nineteen of the 27 patients, were from Barangay Bilucao.
Tomazar said, the Department of Health (DOH)-4A conducted bacteriological test of the water sources from the affected barangays. The DOH4A collected blood and rectal swabs of patients confined at CM Recto Hospital and General Nakar Health Center and were sent to the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) for further study. A surveillance team of the DOH was deployed in the affected barangays and has been conducting further analysis of the water sources.
The DOH-CHD and concerned LGUs distributed hyposol in the affected areas while the OCD-RDRRMC coordinated with DOH-4A on the request of Gen. Nakar MHO for the provision of additional ceftriaxone, vial, 1V fluids, anti-pyretics, ORS and chlorine gran, he said.
OCD-RDRRMC-4A is closely coordinating with DOH-CHD 4A, PDRRMC Quezon, MHOs of General Nakar and Pitogo on the situation and result of the test of water sources, Tomazar concluded.
OCD 4A reported that the Municipal Health Office (MHO) of General Nakar from June 1 to 06 July 2011, has recorded 29 cases of suspected typhoid fever in Barangay Anoling in which two of were out-patients while 27 were admitted at CM Recto Hospital in Infanta and at Municipal Health Center in Gen. Nakar.
RD Vicente Tomazar of OCD-4A and chairman of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) said based on the report they received, the signs and symptoms observed were fever, chills, headache, lost bowel movement (LBM), abdominal pain and vomiting.
One person identified as Benny Soliano of Anoling, General Nakar died, but DOH-4A and the MHO have yet to determine if the cause of death was indeed typhoid fever.
Tomazar said, the Department of Health (DOH)-4A conducted bacteriological test of the water sources from the affected barangays. The DOH4A collected blood and rectal swabs of patients confined at CM Recto Hospital and General Nakar Health Center and were sent to the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) for further study. A surveillance team of the DOH was deployed in the affected barangays and has been conducting further analysis of the water sources.
The DOH-CHD and concerned LGUs distributed hyposol in the affected areas while the OCD-RDRRMC coordinated with DOH-4A on the request of Gen. Nakar MHO for the provision of additional ceftriaxone, vial, 1V fluids, anti-pyretics, ORS and chlorine gran, he said.
OCD-RDRRMC-4A is closely coordinating with DOH-CHD 4A, PDRRMC Quezon, MHOs of General Nakar and Pitogo on the situation and result of the test of water sources, Tomazar concluded.
