MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1988
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SECOND CHOLERA CASE CONFIRMED
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A WOMAN WAS CONFIRMED
TO BE SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
THIS IS THE SECOND CHOLERA CASE REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE FIRST PATIENT - A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS CONFIRMED AS AN IMPORTED CASE ON SEPTEMBER 27.
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THE SECOND PATIENT IS A 30-YEAR-OLD PREGNANT WOMAN WHO LIVES IN KOWLOON CITY. SHE DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS OF DIARRHOEA ON SEPTEMBER 27. ON THE SAME DAY, SHE ATTENDED THE ANTE-NATAL CLINIC AT KWONG WAH HOSPITAL WHERE SHE TOLD THE ATTENDING DOCTOR THAT SHE HAD DIAPRHOBA.
A STOOL TEST WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE HOSPITAL AND THR RESULT WHICH WAS AVAILABLE LAST SATURDAY INDICATED THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA.
THE WOMAN WAS IMMEDIATELY REFERRED TO PRINCESS HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
RESULTS OF FURTHER TESTS CONFIRMED THAT THE SUFFERING FROM EL TOR CHOLERA. THE WOMAN WAS IN A CONDITION TODAY.
THE DEPARTMENT CLASSIFIED THE CASE AS LOCAL BECAUSE HAD NOT TRAVELLED OUTSIDE HONG KONG RECENTLY.
MARGARET
PATIENT WAS SATISFACTORY
THE WOMAN
HEALTH STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT HAD VISITED THE PATIENT'S HOME IN KOWLOON CITY WHERE SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND. IN ADDITION, THEY CHECKED THE HOME OF THE PATIENT'S MOTHER, WHOM FREQUENTLY VISITED. A TOTAL OF SEVEN HOME CONTACTS WERE GIVEN MEDICATION, THE TWO PREMISES WERE ALSO DISINFECTED.
SHR HAD EXAMINED AND
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT REMINDED THE PUBLIC ΤΟ OBSERVE PERSONAL AND FOOD HYGIENE TO AVOID CONTRACTING THE DISEASE.
"CHOLERA IS ENDEMIC IN THIS REGION. THE DETECTION OF THE PRESENT CASE IS DUE TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR THE DISEASE.
"AS CHOLERA CAN OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IT 19 ALWAYS ADVISABLE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE DISEASE AT ALL TIMES," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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