A courtsey visit by the management team of the RUWASA and Unicef in kaduna, led by Yahaya Adamu, director of WASH (water hygiene and sanitation), to commend the AEBMAH for competently managing 7 cases of cholera that broke out at a small community in gidan waya successfully saw us in a photo with the representatives. A week prior, we played host to a man who was referred from the PHC on account of passage of very watery stool and persistent vomiting and was already semiconcious. He was managed for about a week until he became healtheir and stronger.
A week into his care, 4 of his children and three of his wives were also rushed with similar symptoms. Now picture a broken tank with a defective control system where the contents kept escaping uncontrollably. That's exactly how the kids presented. They were weak, eyes sucken into their sockets and their skin barely hung, revealing wrinkles and the bones underneath. We followed the normal treatment protocol set by WHO and they all survived the scare. A report was made to the local government and the very proactive health secretary dispatched a team of DSNO to take data and act promptly. The disease was controlled from further spreading and the facility was happy to have handled the situation quite professionally. The role of a medical doctor in a rural area cannot be over emphasized. Having the full complement of trained nurses, lab scientists, pharmacists etc will make a huge difference in patient health care.
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