{"id":1640,"date":"2024-11-14T11:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2024-11-14T11:09:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:09:24","slug":"ghs-suggests-bringing-back-covid-19-protocols-to-combat-cholera-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/14\/ghs-suggests-bringing-back-covid-19-protocols-to-combat-cholera-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"GHS suggests bringing back COVID-19 protocols to combat Cholera spread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Health officials in the country are raising significant concerns over the cholera outbreak that communities across the country are grappling with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outbreak has already claimed 16 lives, with 116 confirmed cases reported in four regions: Greater Accra, Eastern, Central, and Western.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The situation has prompted calls for urgent measures to prevent further spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the outbreak, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) is urging the public to revert to the hygiene protocols widely practised during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These measures, which include regular hand washing, sanitising, and the careful handling of food and water, are seen as essential steps to curb the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health authorities are emphasising the importance of maintaining strict hygiene to safeguard public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Dennis Laryea, Deputy Director of Disease Surveillance at the GHS, highlighted the preventable nature of the recent fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stressed that early treatment at medical facilities is crucial to reducing the risk of severe illness or death from cholera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Laryea encouraged individuals experiencing symptoms, such as severe diarrhoea and dehydration, to seek immediate medical attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur concerns have had to do with the death. The numbers yes but quite a number of them were brought in dead, which means they were delayed in seeking care. About seven or eight of them were brought in dead.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe majority of the others spent less than 12 to 24 hours on admission. That meant that we had little time to make a difference. Their kidneys may have stopped functioning due to dehydration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have seen some changes in some of the districts. Once you start developing symptoms; vomiting, watery diarrhoea, get to the health facility,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Myjoyonline.com<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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