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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

2 Ghanaians dead, 45 hospitalized in cholera outbreak

Via Xinhua :

" ACCRA, Jan. 24 : Two deaths were recorded on Monday and more than 45 people hospitalized after a cholera outbreak hit southern Ghana, officials of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) told Xinhua.

The patients are receiving treatment in a number of health centers in the capital Accra and other parts of the central region.

Dr. Elias Sory, director-general of GHS, said strategies were in place to fight the pandemic, adding all government health facilities in the region were equipped to handle cholera cases."

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