Doctors Hospital La Caleta fight against 'Bubonic Plague' in Chimbote,Peru

Monday, August 9, 2010 10:00

Given the cases presented in 'Bubonic Plague' in northern director of the Hospital La Caleta, in coordination with the health committee and COPROSEC, is coordinating a plan of proposals for preventive measures to avoid possible cases of patients infected with this disease .
In response, the Director Zuniga Guiselle Prince said one of the main proposal is to raise awareness regarding this issue which has alerted the whole country and the other would start the clean-up campaign to avoid outbreaks of infection in vulnerable areas where there is greater risk of spreading the spread of bubonic plague and pneumonic plague.

Among them, human settlements that lack basic services which threatens the health of the inhabitants, as well as the bus terminal where there is direct contact between people coming from other places and that possibly they may be infected with pneumonic plague, and then transmit it to the chimbotanos, just as another area for example is that in the back of the pier is currently with mounds of garbage and it is clear the presence of rodents that can leave their infected fleas.
Also, the Miramar area and around because they are near the sea which is currently contaminated