Locals are calling for official assistance, as well as measures to prevent an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as dysentery.
Tag: dysentery
Dysentery outbreak hits Prome
More than 90 people have been treated for dysentery at the public hospital in Prome, with at least half of them suffering from acute symptoms.
12 die from cholera in Karen State
Saw De De, a medic working with the Backpack mobile clinic, said outbreaks of cholera and dysentery have hit some 50 villages in the area.
Rangoon residents left in filth as waste collection system fails
Residents of Thaketa Township in eastern Rangoon have been left without a garbage removal service and they say their health is rapidly deteriorating as a result.
Hundreds hit by dysentery in Mandalay
Hospitals struggling to cope with patient load as influenza outbreak adds to growing number of Mandalay residents needing treatment
Diarrhea outbreak claims three lives
Apr 30, 2009 (DVB), Outbreaks of severe diarrhea have continued in several towns in Burma, with hospitals now unable to cope with the upsurge in patient numbers and several deaths…