PHNOM PENH, May 23 (Xinhua) -- At least nine Cambodians have died and about 300 others have been medically treated and hospitalized by diarrhea in Cambodia's northeast province of Kratie, a provincial official said Sunday.
Chhneang Vutha, chief of Kratie provincial health department, told Xinhua by telephone from the province that at least nine people have died and about 300 others have been medically treated and hospitalized by diarrhea since March this year.
He said five districts in the province have been affected by the cause of diarrhea, and he attributed the deaths and suffering of the disease to lack of personal sanitation precaution as well as the lack of toilets in rural areas.
The first diarrhea case was reported in March this year during the dry season which normally begins from November through April.
Kratie is located about 320 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh.
Recently, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has alerted his people to take more precaution on several causes including diarrhea and lighting that are harmful to human lives in recent months.
He, also, appealed to doctors and health officers around the country to provide more care to the people.
Chhneang Vutha, chief of Kratie provincial health department, told Xinhua by telephone from the province that at least nine people have died and about 300 others have been medically treated and hospitalized by diarrhea since March this year.
He said five districts in the province have been affected by the cause of diarrhea, and he attributed the deaths and suffering of the disease to lack of personal sanitation precaution as well as the lack of toilets in rural areas.
The first diarrhea case was reported in March this year during the dry season which normally begins from November through April.
Kratie is located about 320 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh.
Recently, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has alerted his people to take more precaution on several causes including diarrhea and lighting that are harmful to human lives in recent months.
He, also, appealed to doctors and health officers around the country to provide more care to the people.
4 comments:
Khmers people in the rural area do needed cleaned, running waters, and people need to stop throwing trashes on river bank....dig the hole and burry trashes and burns them up?
They(enviromental authorities) need to educate people about throwing trashes on river bank or in the river..? i've seen so much of trashes on river bank at Battambang-Steung Sangker..(Sangker river)??
These deaths could have been prevented by Cambodian Health Department. Everyday we could heard all kind of hundred of millions of dollars of investments; however, where all the profits go, can't Cambodia afford an international standard hospital?
Cambodian Gov't should be able to provided the poors people in the rural erea with cleaned, running waters..? so much of 100 millions millions of dollar$$...where's all the money go..? people kept dying from dirty waters?, contaminated waters?, polluted waters..?
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