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Jo'burg Line residents in cholera alert
Harare Residents
Trust
December 31, 2010
In a case of
suspected cholera outbreak, nearly 20 families have experienced
severe diarrhoea and fears continue to mount over the quality of
water they have been drinking. In a brief interview with the Chairman
of the HRT Majubeki Residents' Committee, Samuel Mapurisa
said residents have been taken to the local clinic suffering from
severe stomach aches, diarrhoea and vomiting in what they suspect
to be a repeat of the 2008 cholera outbreak that killed nearly 4
000 people in Zimbabwe, mainly in Harare's Budiriro suburb.
Mapurisa said
they have received a rapid increase in the reports from alarmed
residents since last Saturday who feel their health is at risk if
nothing is done urgently to investigate and deal with the unravelling
crisis.
"The water
that residents here have been drinking is smelly, and we suspect
that the water delivery system has broken down and sewerage is leaking,
leading to the contamination of the water," Mapurisa said.
As of Wednesday
29 December 2010, Mapurisa reports that families residing at 11
houses have reported at least three incidences of severe diarrhoea,
which have been referred to Matapi or Mbare Poly-Clinics for medical
attention, which the HRT had not confirmed by the time of writing
this alert. Families residing at the following addresses have been
seriously affected;
- 9B 25th
street
- 21-25th street
- 21C Adam
Chigwida Road
- 28A Jack
Bakasa Crescent
- 30 B Jack
Bakasa Crescent
- 23 Jack Bakasa
Crescent
- 29 Jack
Bakasa Crescent
- 23C Adam
Chigwida Road
- 21-24th Street
- 29C- 24th
Street
In line with
the HRT policy of engagement, the Jourburg Residents Leadership,
led by Mr Mapurisa will continue to monitor the situation and liaise
with all the relevant authorities to ensure that a speedy solution
is found before any lives are lost due to what we believe is negligence
on the part of the City of Harare to address the living conditions
of Jourburg Lines.
The HRT urges
the City Health Department to thoroughly investigate these incidents
and address the situation in the interests of the hundreds of Jourburg
Line residents who happen to belong to one of the oldest parts of
Mbare, the oldest location in Harare.
Contact the
HRT on 0772-869294/ 0772-771860 or email us on hretrust@yahoo.com
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