Kenya: cholera deaths in Nairobi slum

Two more people died of what is suspected to be cholera in Nairobi’s Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums on Saturday, raising the death toll to 11, as hundreds more sought treatment.

A man and a woman, both aged above 30, died on Friday night after complaining of diarrhoea. The woman is reported to have died at home while the man died on his way to hospital. The man is said to have received a prescription at a local clinic.

More residents visited the Medical Missionaries of Mary Hospital on Saturday complaining of stomach pains, diarrhoea and vomiting. “We treated 500 people by yesterday afternoon, most of them children under five years,” said Sr Elizabeth Bundala, the hospital’s project coordinator.

Full article: Sunday Nation