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THEY HAVE A "MYSTERIOUS DISEASE"
150 children in isolation at the EPH of Tamanrasset
By Rabah Kareche
the 22-09-2018 11:00
The patients, mostly young children, were put in solitary confinement in the old maternity ward, to avoid possible contaminations.
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The scenario of the "mysterious disease" is still reproduced in this community of the South which, since the beginning of the current month, has registered a hundred cases with an epidemic whose origin and cause are still unknown. Since its inception, nearly 150 people have already been received at the public hospital in the city. The patients developed symptoms of fever, vomiting, diarrhea with asthenia ... "For now, we do not know the cause of this disease. But the first signs suggest a gastroenteritis of viral origin, "tries to reassure the head of department of infectious diseases of the EPH, Dr. Elias Akhamouk, noting that all the appropriate provisions for this kind of pathological situation have been taken by the hospital management. The same manager indicates that the hospitalized patients, the majority of whom are young children, were put in isolation in the old maternity ward to avoid possible contaminations. In the space of ten days, "we received between 100 and 150 patients presenting the same symptoms. Rapid virological diagnostics have been done on patients at the hospital laboratory level, but we are still waiting for the results of the analyzes carried out by the Institut Pasteur to be able to identify this disease, "says the specialist in infectiology.
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RABAH KARECHE
https://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/150-enfants-en-isolement-a-leph-de-tamanrasset-300318
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MYSTERIOUS DISEASE REACHED IN AVERAGE 10 CHILDREN PER DAY
Alert to the EPH of Tamanrasset!
By Rabah Kareche
the 23-09-2018 11:00
The blackout imposed by the local authorities on the spread of a mysterious disease that occurred in the various health structures of the wilaya of Tamanrasset, particularly at the EPH where a strong medical mobilization was noticed, gave free rein to speculations . The absence of an official communication has thus favored the circulation of crazy rumors, leaving the imagination of the inhabitants of the Ahaggar to construct the worst scenario and images that reflect the devastating consequences of the medieval diseases. This has caused great concern among the local population, especially among nomadic patients who are affected by an epidemic whose causes and origin are still unknown. The article published by Liberty in its delivery yesterday, Saturday, however, gave the first warning and allowed to sound the tocsin face a pathology that, it should be noted, has made about 150 victims in just a few days. The figure was put forward by the Head of Department of Infectious Diseases of the EPH, Dr. Elias Akhamouk, who wishes to clarify, from the outset, that the epidemic affects an average of 10 children per day. "Given the need for their hospitalization, the hospital management has requisitioned the former unit of gynecology obstetrics for enteric isolation and for better care of patients. About 150 children with the same symptoms were received. In all, more than 60 cases were hospitalized, of which 14 are still isolated and bedridden at the same ward, "said Dr. Akhamouk, avoiding talking about a" mysterious disease ", but rather a gastroenteritis probably of origin Viral that occurs every year. The specialist in infectiology, also chairman of the medical council of the EPH, said the stay of hospitalized children lasts up to 3 days. "Many of them left the hospital, which, thankfully, did not regret any deaths," he added. According to the same manager, patients live in different neighborhoods. The results of the preliminary analyzes carried out by the EPH laboratory workers do not evoke any notion of water or suspect foods. This suggests a viral etiology, given the symptomatology, the age and the spontaneous evolution towards the cure of the patients received. Like all gastroenteritis, the patient has watery diarrhea, sometimes with abdominal pain and vomiting.
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RABAH KARECHE
https://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/alerte-a-leph-de-tamanrasset-300435