• Submitted by: manso
• International
• 11 / 26 / 2010

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ACN. Thursday, 25 November 2010 13:22.The Cuban medical brigade in Haiti is in charge of most of the centers to treat cholera patients, informed a top official of the UN Stabilization Mission in that country (MINUSTAH).

The information was made public by Nigel Fisher, humanitarian coordinator for that contingent, by way of a teleconference with the press accredited at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

The official expressed that these centers to treat cholera patients are part of the important work carried out to combat the epidemic that started a month ago, and in which professionals of the Doctors without Borders and other groups are also working.

Fisher explained that the disease has expanded to all of the departments of the Haitian territory and that almost 50 percent of the cases are found in Port-au-Prince, the capital.

However, he pointed out that the figure of people suffering from the disease, estimated at some 50,000, can actually be higher, since there are many rural communities about which there's no information.

Until Monday, the figure of people who have died as a result of cholera was of over 1,200, said Fisher, who warned that the epidemic spreads fast and there's no immunity against it.

He reiterated that more physicians and nurses are needed to face the situation, which will become worse.

Source: Guerrillero