New transmission route for an old disease

Cholera can cause dehydration that can lead to kidney failure, shock and even death.

Over the past few days, the number of cases with acute diarrhoea has been increasing gradually in the community. Most patients have experienced severe watery stools more than a dozen times within several hours. Moreover, it has been noted that these watery stools have been seen one after another among family members at intervals of a few days. On June 16 last year, the first case of cholera was officially reported at Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, meaning cholera may appear and spread anytime and anywhere in the coming days.