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El
Salvador on Emergency Diarrhea Alert
El
Salvador's Ministry of Health decreed a state of
emergency due to 16 children dead from diarrhea
or gastroenteritis this year, and more than
21,200 cases currently suffering the illness.
Health authorities consulted 40,500 patients
with rotaviral diarrhea between January 2006 and
May 2007, an ailment that has affected 37,924
Salvadorians to date, with a daily average of
681 people sickening daily. A total 23 people
have died since January, both adults and minors.
Emergency alert was emitted in western Sonsonate
and Santa Ana, on the border with Guatemala, and
central San Salvador and La Libertad, the
hardest hit region with 70 percent of ill people
live.
Those in charge of assisting the sick asked the
government to supply medication, more staff and
necessary resources.
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