cholera new reported on november 29

It is reported that the Cholera epidemic has gotten a lot worse and is affecting and harming more and more people as time goes by.

this is an article that was posted today about the situation:

"The number of deaths from the cholera epidemic afflicting Haiti since mid-October has risen to 1,721, health officials said Monday.

In all, 75,888 people have been attended for the fatal disease, of whom 33,485 were hospitalized, though 32,283 of them recovered and were sent home.

Cholera, which was eradicated in the impoverished Caribbean nation until it appeared last month, has killed 760 people in the northern province of Artibonite, the hardest hit by the scourge.

Following that province is Nord, with 290 deaths, Ouest with 285 including 162 in the Haitian capital, Plateau Central with 177, and Nord-Ouest province with 164 fatalities.

Port-au-Prince remains dotted with camps holding some of the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by a Jan. 12 earthquake blamed for more than 200,000 deaths.

Only one of Haiti's 10 provinces, Nippes, has not had a single cholera death.

The origin of the epidemic remains unknown, although, according to examinations performed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has been caused by a strain that is found in southern Asia.

Some Haitians accuse Nepalese troops with U.N. Stabilization Mission for Haiti, or Minustah, of being the origin of the epidemic and have related the outbreak of the disease with the dumping of human waste near a tributary of the Artibonite River."

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2010/11/29/number-haiti-dead-cholera-rises/


This is really scary to hear about the number of people who are hurt! 
33,485 people have been hospitalized and some of these people were treated. It is good to hear that people from the United States and other places are going into Haiti, risking their own health, to help people cure this disease.
One of my dads medical students who i went to Haiti with in April, just left for Haiti two days ago to help people with this situation. When she comes back i am going to meet with her for lunch to talk about what she saw, who she helped, and if the living conditions and poverty have gotten better from the last time i went to Haiti. I will write on the blog what i hear from her when she comes back!