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Nigeria: Strange Disease Kills 10 in Katsina

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Leadership (Abuja)

7 August 2008
Posted to the web 7 August 2008

Lawal Saidu
Katsina

A strange disease, which medical experts linked with malaria, has killed 10 persons in Katsina State.

Confirming the incident to newsmen yesterday in Katsina, the Director, Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, Dr. Halle Idris, noted that the disease was as a result of convulsion from malaria attack.

Dr. Idris attributed the death to delay in taking the affected persons to the hospital for quick medical attention.

According to leadership's investigation, six children and 4 adults died from the disease in Katsina general hospital.

However, when our correspondent visited the hospital, the ward housing children was jam packed with those attacked by the ferocious malaria disease.

Similarly, the director advised people to be watchful and report any suspicious ailment to the authority concerned for quick intervention.

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He also gave assurance that the disease would not be allowed to get out of hand, calling on people not to panic over the incident as his ministry was taking adequate measures to curtail its spread.

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