Cholera Outbreak Hits Kambia
It has been reported that there is an outbreak of cholera in Yealie Boyah, Kambia town and some other parts of the District.
Over the weekend it was reported that over fifteen people died within the past three days including women and children due to mainly the lack of toilets, water facilities and limited drugs in the health centres.
Momodu Bangura, a boat captain who plied that routine disclosed to this reporter that toilets and protected water wells are only available at the Community Health Centre and the Church of God of Prophecy Primary School, Yealie Boyah.
He reiterated that several people had died for the past weeks due to limited drugs and people execrate in the open or on the sea because the township is an island and the water wells are not chlorinated and protected.
This reporter spoke with several people from Yealie Boyah and its environs who disclosed that several of the cholera cases were referred to Lungi and the families depend on hammock as there is no ambulance to convey patients.
A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), named Safer Future that constructs toilets, water wells and installed solar energy for primary schools and health centers for deprived communities nationwide has provided solar submersible pump at Moribaya to supply safe drinking water to Yealie Boyah and its environs to control the outbreak.
By A. R. Bedor
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