Unknown disease hits El Salam camp in South Darfur
On Thursday a girl died of a hitherto unknown disease at El Salam camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur. Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya of El Salam camp told Radio Dabanga that Kaltouma Adam Omda (12) died of an unidentified disease on Thursday. “More than 1,000 camp residents have been infected within four days. The symptoms are high fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and coughing”, the sheikh explained. “The two camp hospitals, which are serving 91,000 displaced, have been receiving 100 patients a day during the past few days.” Tabaldiya added that the health authorities have not identified the cause so far, and called on the authorities and humanitarian organisations to intervene “as soon as possible”, contain the highly infectious disease, and provide treatment for the patients. File photo: A woman with her sick child in Malha hospital, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/ Unamid)
On Thursday a girl died of a hitherto unknown disease at El Salam camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur.
Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya of El Salam camp told Radio Dabanga that Kaltouma Adam Omda (12) died of an unidentified disease on Thursday.
“More than 1,000 camp residents have been infected within four days. The symptoms are high fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and coughing”, the sheikh explained. “The two camp hospitals, which are serving 91,000 displaced, have been receiving 100 patients a day during the past few days.”
Tabaldiya added that the health authorities have not identified the cause so far, and called on the authorities and humanitarian organisations to intervene “as soon as possible”, contain the highly infectious disease, and provide treatment for the patients.
File photo: A woman with her sick child in Malha hospital, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/ Unamid)
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