Health officials say over 10,000 cases of cholera has been recorded in Jigawa and Kano in the last four months.
Residents of Kano and Jigawa states have blamed lack of access to potable water and poor sanitation for the cholera outbreak reported to have caused at least 295 deaths between March and July in the two North-western states.
“We took her to the facility on July 29 but they asked us to go home after first aid was given to her. But her condition deteriorated overnight and we returned her to the facility the following day. But she was not admitted due to lack of drugs to treat her at the centre,” Mr Galadima said. He said four other family members infected with the disease were, however, responding to treatment at the centre, following supply of drugs to the facility.
The village head, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said five persons died on Friday in the village, but the figure had risen to eight by Tuesday. “As you can see now, he is okay following the treatment in the hospital. Everything given to us here, even feeding, is free. I am very grateful,” Mrs Salisu said. The little boy was discharged from the hospital on Friday.
“The state government has been doing the needful in emergency preparedness to handle the cases. The activities range from active case search both in the community and health facilities and contact tracing of relatives of the infected individuals,” the official said.
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