by Alex Alvarez | 3:04 pm, July 10th, 2012
CNN’s
Sanjay Gupta is in Cambodia this week, covering a perplexing illness
that, to date, has taken the lives of over 50 young children. Gupta, a
neurosurgeon, has been talking with local doctors and officials from the World
Health Organization in an effort to determine what, exactly, has caused these
children to succumb and perish so quickly. Eleven hour time difference be
damned, Gupta graciously made time to speak with us about his report and what
he’s been able to learn so far. According to Dr. Gupta, the illness appears to be some combination of an enterovirus (Type 71, specifically) and a second, “mystery” component still being investigated. He explained that these issues manifest in children who “arrived with mild symptoms, were treated and given medicine — bad medicine, or medicine that was inappropriate or wrong.” The issue of patients being given medicine that is incorrect, old, diluted or counterfeit is a widespread one, he noted, and one that poses a real and fatal threat across third world countries and the United States alike....
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