Saturday, October 23, 2010

Update from Dr Guy

Cholera spreads to Northern Haiti : 3 new cases of cholera
in 2 towns in the North , Limbe & Plaisance.

Again , precaution or prevention against cholera.

1 ) Repeated soaping and Hands washing.

2 )Have plenty of IV Fluids available for patients to be admitted to the Hospital

3) Antibiotics : Tetracycline , Bactrim ,Chloramphenicol etc

4) Boiling water to be used or drunk .

5) Washing vegetables and food with chlorinated water before usage.

6) Education of the population in our catchment area and

Hospital patients & personnel. Instruction is given to buy
enough quantity of IV Fluid & medicines to respond to this
medical crisis situation.

All CBP Dorms & Hotel cooks as guard personnel have already received training as how to behave toward this particular situation.
Just to keep everyone aware.

Dr Guy

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