Three Pasay residents positive for typhoid

By JENNY F. MANONGDO
February 3, 2005, 8:00am

Three Pasay City residents have been confirmed to be afflicted with typhoid fever.
laboratory tests showed yesterday.

According to Dr. Gerardo Bayugo, Department of Health (DoH) director for the National
Capital Region, laboratory tests conducted by the Research Institute for Tropical
Medicine (RITM) confirmed three individuals to be positive of Salmonella typhi bacteria
which causes typhoid fever.

The DoH earlier conducted rectal swab examinations on the 39 suspected typhoid fever
cases in Barangay 123 in Pasay City and sent the samples to RITM for analysis last
Monday.

The other 36 rectal swab samples are being monitored for possible bacteria growth and
final results will be available before the end of this week.
The DoH said that a total of 60, not 39, cases of typhoid fever actually occurred in
Pasay City last January.

"During the first week of January, there were 11 cases. Then it peaked during the
second week. It declined in the third week, and further went down at the last week of
January where nine cases were recorded," Dr. Bayugo said.
Based on the trend, the DoH is expecting a further decline in the number of typhoid
fever cases.

Chlorine residual exams were also conducted by health officials last Saturday and found
a zero chlorine level in the water source of Barangay 123. This is said to be a possible
source of contamination of the water supply in the area.

Health officials have called the attention of Maynilad Water Services Inc. (MWSI) to
chlorinate the water supply of the barangay.

Yesterday, Bayugo said MWSI has installed two chlorinators onsite to ensure the direct
injection of chlorine in the water supply of Barangay 123. Bayugo added that the
machines will be there until the real source of contamination has been identified.
Meanwhile, Bayugo said households using booster pumps should stop using the
machine as they invite the entry of contaminants into the water supply.

"The barangay is not really a depressed area and many houses can probably afford
booster pumps. They should stop using these because they also affect the water supply
of their neighbors. The pressure sucks water inside the pipelines and bacteria may also
come with it. There is only one system but everything is interconnected," he said.
Last Tuesday, Pasay City health officials also looked into the booster pump of an eatery
in Barangay 129 as a possible cause of contamination. Bayugo said that the booster
pump might have brought water pollutants as it boosted the water supply in the eatery.
It was learned that the eatery has been selling water to residents who complain of the
foul smell of water in their households.

Source: Manila Bulletin

http://www.mb.com.ph/node/111357
Typhoid fever downs over 500 in Laguna
03/03/2008 | 09:22 AM
MANILA, Philippines - More than 500 residents in 18 villages in Calamba City in
Laguna were hospitalized due to typhoid fever, GMA's Unang Balita reported Monday.

The television report said severely affected were villages Pansol and Bucal.

Based on the record of Philippine National Red Cross, 504 patients were being treated
in nine hospitals in the city as of 10 p.m. Sunday.

The PNRC-Laguna chapter said patients downed by typhoid fever started pouring into
hospitals February 16. The number of patients doubled last week.

"Sa ganitong karaming cases, sa tingin po namin mukhang water ang pinagmulan (ng
sakit)," Dr. Chari Juangco, JP Rizal Memorial Medical Center, told GMA News.

At least 157 typhoid patients were being treated at the said hospital which only has a
capacity to accommodate 50 patients at a time.

The television report said most of the patients at JP Rizal Memorial Medical Center
were on the floor due to the hospital's insufficient number of beds.

Juangco said they are also having a shortage of medicines and medical supplies.

"'Yung IV (intravenous) lines po namin talagang nauubusan po kami, yung suwero, IV

fluid, yung ibang medications po namin medyo nagkakaubusan," she said.

The television report said Department of Health-Region 4 is now conducting test on the
water sample from the Calamba Water District. - Amita Legaspi, GMANews.TV

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/83070/Typhoid-fever-downs-over-500-residents-
in-Laguna
Typhoid outbreak declared in remote Sarangani village
Posted February 26, 2010 16:15:00

Aquiles Zonio

Philippine Daily Inquirer

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A typhoid outbreak has been declared in four remote sitios
(sub-villages) of Barangay (village) Datal Anggas in Alabel town, Sarangani following
the death of at least two victims, a local health official said Friday.

Doctor Honorato Fabio, Alabel municipal health officer, told reporters that the
Department of Health through the Regional Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in
Manila that four out of the five samples sent out for laboratory testing turned out positive
for typhoid.

He said that to date, 21 suspected cases of typhoid have been monitored in sitios
Salimama, Ihan, Glamang and Sangkoya.

Datal Anggas is the farthest barangay of Alabel and can only be reached via a three-
hour uphill travel travel on four-wheel drive vehicle.

Most of the residents, he said, belonged to the B’laan tribe.

Fabio said a medical team had been dispatched to contain the spread of the disease in
the area.

Source: http://www.inquirer.net/mindandbody/healthbeat/view.php?
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