Patients with diarrhea in the District of Shiloh, Jember District, continues to grow. Until this evening, there were 104 people treated at two health centers and an emergency health posts.
"The numbers continue to grow. So we made an emergency post in Town Hall Karangharjo," said Public Health Agency of Jember, Yumarlis, Friday (08/20) evening.
Public Health Team has been lowered to help the patient. In addition, teams were also deployed to sprinkle chlorine in the wells of people in five villages of the most widely attacked by diarrhea.
The fifth village is the village of Shiloh, Harjomulyo, Pace, and Mulyorejo Karangharjo.
Not clearly known source of the spread of this disease. Laboratory officials are still checking the water in five villages. It is estimated that the result mind the next two days.
Silo Camat Sunarso Eko Heru said, from early morning until late afternoon there are 22 residents were attacked by diarrhea and muntaber.Mereka villagers Shiloh, Pace, and Karangharjo.
"They're adults and children," he said. Heru said terusa overwhelmed by the number of victims increases. He admitted that he hoped all patients, diarrhea's nothing to be fine and not dead.
Previously reported, due to outbreaks of diarrhea and diarrhea, at least two people died Shiloh District residents. Health Jember determine the status of extraordinary events (KLB) Diarrhea for Shiloh District.
