Cholera Outbreak in Lagos- What you should know

                                                 

The Lagos State Government declared a cholera outbreak. As reported by the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on 12 June 2024, 324 suspected cholera cases have been reported in the state, including 15 people who died and 40 who were discharged.

According to the WHO, Cholera is an extremely virulent disease transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated food or water (2). Cholera can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea and the severe forms of the disease can kill within hours if left untreated.

Most people infected with V. cholerae do not develop any symptoms, although 

Love Stays...Let's Stay

                                                     

A nurse took an anxious, young man to the bedside. “Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young man standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The young man wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man’s limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.

 

The nurse brought a chair so that he could sit beside the bed. All through the night,

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