Staff Correspondent|Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Chamunorwa Mangwiro has commended the hard work being done by doctors, nurses, health workers and the nation at large in trying to contain cholera outbreak in the country.

“I am happy with the progress that I have seen at this hospital it shows that everyone is working hard so as to end cholera in the country. There is need for correction of the problem other than just crying,” he said.

Dr Mangwiro said this yesterday when visited all the cholera camps in the Harare to asses and monitor the situation.

Dr Mangwiro first visited Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital (BRIDH) where he managed to speak to all the patients who had come to get treatment and those few who were admitted at the institution’s camp site.

At BRIDH most of the patients were males and children and were stable responding well to treatment and most of them were already at point of discharge. There were also some few patients who were waiting to be transferred to other hospitals as they had been tested negative to cholera but had come with fear of the worst in mind.

He said it was his duty as a deputy Minister and as a doctor to see to it that cholera is contained. He also encouraged all the patients to take their medication as advised by their health care providers so that they recover quickly.

Dr Mangwiro also managed to examine other patients as well as talking to the nurses and doctors on duty on the progress of containing the outbreak.
Deputy Minister was later joined by the town clerk Mr Hosiah Chisango at Glenview Poly Clinic. They managed to tour the camp together, only a few patients were admitted and a few suspected cases tested positive to cholera.

The team consisting of the Deputy Minister and town clerk proceeded to Tichagarika shopping centre. There were no food vendors operating at the area they all had complied to the Ministry of Health ‘s call for them to stop cooking and selling food at the shops in order to stop the spread of cholera.
They had to look at the area were pipes had burst leading to the outbreak, they had been repaired.

Mr Chisango promised to have continuous monitoring and maintenance of the pipes to avoid unnecessary blockages in the future.

At Budiriro Clinic there were only two female patients admitted and the sister in charge said they were happy with the progress made so far in trying to contain the outbreak before it became a disaster.

Dr Mangwiro urged all doctors and nurses not to do things casually, but always do the correct thing in their work in order to contain situations like outbreaks and avoiding the spread of diseases.
So far 30 people have died since the cholera outbreak.