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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Saturday, May 13, 2017
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ILOILO City – A potable water system will be put up in a barangay in the component city of Passi in Iloilo province where two residents died and several others were hospitalized because of typhoid fever.
At least five confirmed cases of typhoid fever were recorded in Barangay Tubod.
“OK na ’to, gin-aksyunan na. Tagaan ko na sila water system kay higkô ang bubon nila,” said Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr.
A 47-year-old father died on May 5 while confined at the Western Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao district here, while his 21-year-old daughter died on May 1, or four days earlier.
Initial inspection by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed that the wells that served as water sources of the villagers appeared contaminated, and this may have led to them getting the illness.
Defensor assured that the PHO and the Department of Health (DOH) were on top of the situation.
“May mga standing orders na sila. Kumpleto na sa programa ang aton PHO,” said the governor.
“Waay naman na kinanglan tagaan pa instruction ang DOH kay I think insofar as sa implementation sang ila nga programs, their feet is on the ground,” he added.
Typhoid fever is an acute illness caused by the Salmonella typhi bacteria.
It can also be caused by Salmonella paratyphi, a related bacterium that usually causes a less severe illness.
The bacteria are deposited in water or food by a human carrier and are then spread to other people in the area.
Typhoid fever symptoms include poor appetite, headaches, generalized aches and pains, prolonged fever, lethargy, sweating, dry cough, and diarrhea.
PHO sanitary inspector Maeden Quiñon said the wells were near households that mostly did not have septic tanks.
The wells’ surroundings were swampy and also where some residents bathed and did their laundry.
PHO chief Dr. Patricia Grace Trabado said sources of water must be at least 25 meters away from septic tanks, comfort rooms and other possible sources of contamination.
The villagers were given oral dehydration solutions.
They were also advised to stop using their deep wells for the meantime and find another source of water for their household use./PN
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