Katanga: 2 people die of diarrhea among passengers on a train in Kongolo

Katanga: 2 people die of diarrhea among passengers on a train in Kongolo

  Last Update September 4, 2014 at 8:30

A train from the National Society of Railway (SNCC)

Twelve patients with diarrhea were received at the General Referral Hospital Kongolo (Katanga). Two of them died. The patients are among the train passengers Palme d'Or of the National Society of Railway Congo (SNCC), which serves the Lubumbashi-Kindu online. This vehicle is in its eighth day of trouble in the town of Kongolo. According to the medical director of the General Referral Hospital Kongolo John Bahati, one of the victims died in hospital and the other in the city, after leaving the medical facility without permission.
The medical director called for calm, assuring that strict measures were taken to curb this epidemic.
"We, the area of health, and those responsible for Regideso, we tried to take some steps to supply drinking water to the station. We will also add a point of chlorination. The population is calm, "he was assured.
Meanwhile, about 1,000 passengers of the train are still waiting to see him again. The locomotive is back down to Lubumbashi for repair.  https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2014/09/04/katanga-2-personnes-meurent-de-diarrhee-parmi-les-passagers-dun-train-kongolo/&usg=ALkJrhh6GqTgsJQs29_RcUkK_aqdX-_ang