bongolanderThemenstarter408 Beiträge · seit 201412. Mai 2014 · Situation zum Ausbruch von Dengue-Fieber im Großraum Daressalaam::
The Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) yesterday raised the alarm over dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, warning that the disease could spread to neighbouring regions and trigger an unprecedented public health crisis in the country.
The MAT president, Dr Primus Saidia, told The Citizen in a telephone interview yesterday that a majority of city residents were now in real danger of contracting the viral disease whose magnitude, he noted, wasn’t being appreciated by authorities.
“We’re facing a crisis here but not enough response is coming from the government to halt it. The situation is so bad and could soon get out of hand,” Dr Saidia cautioned.
Efforts yesterday to get comment from other relevant health officials were futile as their phones were unreachable for most of the day.
The fever, whose outbreak was first reported towards the end of last year, has taken a worrisome trend in the city, with a growing number of people taken ill, some with the strain of the virus that is life threatening.
The magnitude of the dengue fever came to the fore yesterday with the high profile death of Dr Gilbert Buberwa, 36. The deceased, who was a medical specialist at the Temeke Regional Hospital, died at the Muhimbili National Hospital at 1am.
Dr Buberwa had been referred to MNH for further treatment last Thursday after his situation deteriorated, having been diagnosed with the fever a week earlier and treated at the Temeke District Hospital.
Ich halte Euch auf dem laufenden.
Johannes
The Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT) yesterday raised the alarm over dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, warning that the disease could spread to neighbouring regions and trigger an unprecedented public health crisis in the country.
The MAT president, Dr Primus Saidia, told The Citizen in a telephone interview yesterday that a majority of city residents were now in real danger of contracting the viral disease whose magnitude, he noted, wasn’t being appreciated by authorities.
“We’re facing a crisis here but not enough response is coming from the government to halt it. The situation is so bad and could soon get out of hand,” Dr Saidia cautioned.
Efforts yesterday to get comment from other relevant health officials were futile as their phones were unreachable for most of the day.
The fever, whose outbreak was first reported towards the end of last year, has taken a worrisome trend in the city, with a growing number of people taken ill, some with the strain of the virus that is life threatening.
The magnitude of the dengue fever came to the fore yesterday with the high profile death of Dr Gilbert Buberwa, 36. The deceased, who was a medical specialist at the Temeke Regional Hospital, died at the Muhimbili National Hospital at 1am.
Dr Buberwa had been referred to MNH for further treatment last Thursday after his situation deteriorated, having been diagnosed with the fever a week earlier and treated at the Temeke District Hospital.
Ich halte Euch auf dem laufenden.
Johannes
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