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Vanuatu viral outbreaks claims lives of three babies
Posted at 01:05 on 20 December, 2012 UTC
Doctors in the Vanuatu capital, Port Vila, say a viral outbreak has already claimed the lives of three babies.
The acting superintendent of Port Vila Central Hospital, Dr Rose Mary Taun, says the main cause of the deaths was dehydration caused by diarrhoea.
Dr Taun says over the past month there has been an increase in cases of diarrhoea at the outpatient clinic, with the hospital treating, on average, 50 babies with the viral infection each day...
Vanuatu viral outbreaks claims lives of three babies
Posted at 01:05 on 20 December, 2012 UTC
Doctors in the Vanuatu capital, Port Vila, say a viral outbreak has already claimed the lives of three babies.
The acting superintendent of Port Vila Central Hospital, Dr Rose Mary Taun, says the main cause of the deaths was dehydration caused by diarrhoea.
Dr Taun says over the past month there has been an increase in cases of diarrhoea at the outpatient clinic, with the hospital treating, on average, 50 babies with the viral infection each day...