Panic as over 200 cases of Diarrhoea recorded in Bulawayo. The diarrhoea outbreak which is believed to have started last week Thursday in Tshabalala Extension and Sizinda suburbs has been blamed on the local authority’s failure to provide clean water.
A diarrhoea outbreak has hit the City of Bulawayo with more than 200 cases being recorded in Tshabalala Extension and Sizinda this week. A resident said:
This outbreak began last Thursday after we consumed water that was sewer contaminated.
Another resident said many people in this area are suffering from diarrhoea adding that they were taking their sick son to the hospital. Added the resident:
The situation is really bad. My daughter is also sick, to make matters worse we currently do not have water. This is putting us at risk again because you cannot continue with the water-shedding exercise in an area where there is a diarrhoea outbreak.
Bulawayo City Council Spokesperson Ms Nesisa Mpofu confirmed the outbreak saying a team of health personnel has been dispatched to monitor the situation. She said:
As the City of Bulawayo, we noticed that as of the 28th of November following a report from one of the residents there was an increase in the number of people reporting at Tshabalala clinic with diarrhoea symptoms.
WShe added that all affected people are being treated at the Tshabalala clinic for free. Last year, 13 people lost their lives after more than two thousand residents of the Luveve suburb consumed contaminated water.
Source – Pindula News
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