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Pneumonia scares mothers, 40 deaths occurred in 2 weeks
QUITO. In the halls of Children's Hospital Baca Ortiz, expect some mothers care for their children, many affected by the complications of flu.
23 ENE 2011
In two weeks of January 2011, 40 people have died with pneumonia in the country, according to a report by the Ministry of Health. However, the national coordinator of Epidemiology, Luis Flor says that figure is within the normal standards of deaths.
However, in the halls of hospitals in different cities in Ecuador, as Children's Hospital Baca Ortiz in Quito, there is despair of mothers who come with their children with symptoms of pneumonia, mostly resulting from improperly treated flu. In the past two months, cases of pneumonia jump on the low temperatures recorded in the Sierra and the change of seasons on the Coast. Coincides with the presence of the H1N1 virus, which has also charged nine deaths.
In the Baca Ortiz treated ten to fifteen cases a day of children under 5 years old with pneumonia. The head of the department of Pediatrics, Ramiro Estrella, said that cases of pneumonia aggravated by poor nutrition and the conditions under which people live. To which is added the crisis in the medical center, where children with this condition and tends them in hallways, makeshift beds.
Tandazo Ana, mother of Matthew, two and a half months, reports that it is frustrating not being able to take your child to a clinic. Sitting in the lobby of the nursing home complains about the neglect and ensures that there is a clinic for the cost, as a spray is $ 15.
Alongside it is Eva Guasgua, grandmother of Natalia. Tells her granddaughter a year had to reenter the hospital because he has pneumonia. The cough does not cease and can not throw up phlegm. "I went to a health center and was told he had to hospitalize her." When he arrived there was no bed. Improvised one in the hallway. She fears over contamination by the precarious conditions in which it is served.
Pneumonia is a type of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It can spread through various channels. Viruses and bacteria commonly found in the nose or throat of children can infect the lungs if inhaled. They can also spread by sneezing, or blood, especially during childbirth.
Both children and adults is pneumonia caused by pneumococcus (a bacterium that causes, among other diseases, meningitis, bronchitis and pneumonia).
Health Minister, David Chiriboga, said that every year in the country serving an average of 12,000 children under one year from diseases caused by this bacterium.
According to State portfolio, at least 25 of every 100 children sick with pneumonia, meningitis, bronchitis, ear or inner ear infections. "Nationally, 500 children a year die from pneumococcal disease.
Mortality from this disease is pronounced in the Sierra, by climatic conditions. Thus, of the 40 deaths from pneumonia recorded in the first two weeks of the year, 17 were in Pichincha and 10 in Azuay, the rest in other provinces. In Guayas not reported any casualties.
The Global Centre for Infection Control in Atlanta recorded 500 000 deaths per year worldwide from pneumonia.
Notes: The disease
Increase
The cases of pneumonia have increased among the Ecuadorian population, especially among people 20 to 49 years, said Public Health Minister, David Chiriboga. Elderly and young children are at risk.
Months
The cases of pneumonia and influenza generally increase in November and December by climate change is rebound in January and February and down until October, said Nelson Vasconez, national coordinator of Epidemiology.
Pneumonia scares mothers, 40 deaths occurred in 2 weeks
QUITO. In the halls of Children's Hospital Baca Ortiz, expect some mothers care for their children, many affected by the complications of flu.
23 ENE 2011
In two weeks of January 2011, 40 people have died with pneumonia in the country, according to a report by the Ministry of Health. However, the national coordinator of Epidemiology, Luis Flor says that figure is within the normal standards of deaths.
However, in the halls of hospitals in different cities in Ecuador, as Children's Hospital Baca Ortiz in Quito, there is despair of mothers who come with their children with symptoms of pneumonia, mostly resulting from improperly treated flu. In the past two months, cases of pneumonia jump on the low temperatures recorded in the Sierra and the change of seasons on the Coast. Coincides with the presence of the H1N1 virus, which has also charged nine deaths.
In the Baca Ortiz treated ten to fifteen cases a day of children under 5 years old with pneumonia. The head of the department of Pediatrics, Ramiro Estrella, said that cases of pneumonia aggravated by poor nutrition and the conditions under which people live. To which is added the crisis in the medical center, where children with this condition and tends them in hallways, makeshift beds.
Tandazo Ana, mother of Matthew, two and a half months, reports that it is frustrating not being able to take your child to a clinic. Sitting in the lobby of the nursing home complains about the neglect and ensures that there is a clinic for the cost, as a spray is $ 15.
Alongside it is Eva Guasgua, grandmother of Natalia. Tells her granddaughter a year had to reenter the hospital because he has pneumonia. The cough does not cease and can not throw up phlegm. "I went to a health center and was told he had to hospitalize her." When he arrived there was no bed. Improvised one in the hallway. She fears over contamination by the precarious conditions in which it is served.
Pneumonia is a type of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It can spread through various channels. Viruses and bacteria commonly found in the nose or throat of children can infect the lungs if inhaled. They can also spread by sneezing, or blood, especially during childbirth.
Both children and adults is pneumonia caused by pneumococcus (a bacterium that causes, among other diseases, meningitis, bronchitis and pneumonia).
Health Minister, David Chiriboga, said that every year in the country serving an average of 12,000 children under one year from diseases caused by this bacterium.
According to State portfolio, at least 25 of every 100 children sick with pneumonia, meningitis, bronchitis, ear or inner ear infections. "Nationally, 500 children a year die from pneumococcal disease.
Mortality from this disease is pronounced in the Sierra, by climatic conditions. Thus, of the 40 deaths from pneumonia recorded in the first two weeks of the year, 17 were in Pichincha and 10 in Azuay, the rest in other provinces. In Guayas not reported any casualties.
The Global Centre for Infection Control in Atlanta recorded 500 000 deaths per year worldwide from pneumonia.
Notes: The disease
Increase
The cases of pneumonia have increased among the Ecuadorian population, especially among people 20 to 49 years, said Public Health Minister, David Chiriboga. Elderly and young children are at risk.
Months
The cases of pneumonia and influenza generally increase in November and December by climate change is rebound in January and February and down until October, said Nelson Vasconez, national coordinator of Epidemiology.