Cholera outbreak: 104 patients hospitalised
By DAUD OLATUNJI Abeokuta A traditional ruler in Ogun State name(withheld) and 103 residents of the State have been reportedly hospitalised following the recent outbreak of cholera in Abeokuta, the State capital. But, the state government however, said the 104 cases recorded was as a result of gastroenteritis attributed to unhygienic condition of the affected areas and not cholera as being speculated . Saturday Vanguard’s findings showed that the causalities cut across age and gender and communities. Gastroenteritis is a medical condition characterized by inflammation of the gastro-intestinal track that involves both stomach and small intestine resulting in some combination of diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain. It was gathered that the areas mostly affected are Ijaiye, Adedotun, Ake, Onikolobo, Ita-Eko among several others communities in the state capital. Saturday Vanguard’s visit to the state hospital, Ijaiye and the Federal Medical Centre, (FMC) Idi-Aba, in Ab...