Deaths due to cholera infection in Abyan Governorate rose to ten deaths amid the spread of the epidemic and one hundred and fifty cases recorded.

According to a local source in the city of Zanzibar, the day before yesterday, the child Muhammad Ihab Ali Al-Hakam - aged two years - died as a result of being infected with the cholera epidemic.

The source reported that “the deceased child was taken by his family, along with his sister Hoda Ihab Ali Al-Hakam - four years old - to Zanzibar Hospital to receive treatment, but negligence on the part of those on duty who did not provide anything for him led to his death.”

The family of the child, Muhammad Ihab, confirmed that Zanzibar Hospital “did not provide anything, and the child remained in the emergency department until he died as a result of the lack of services, while the child, Hoda, was transferred to the quarantine center in the Al-Kud area. Unfortunately, the hospital administration refused to transfer the child by ambulance so that her family could take care of her.” Transported by private vehicle.

The family appealed to the Director General of the Health and Population Office in Abyan, Dr. Saleh Al-Tharm called for “conducting an investigation into the incident of negligence and disregard for people’s lives in Zanzibar Hospital and holding those who were negligent accountable.”

Cholera cases in Abyan have risen to 150 cases so far, and some cases were transferred to Al-Sadaqa Hospital in Aden to receive treatment.

In the same regard, medical sources in Bayafa Sarar in Abyan Governorate revealed, on Saturday, that a case infected with cholera had arrived at the health center in the district coming from the Al Majzaa area, and its condition was unstable.

The same sources confirmed that the health situation in Yafaa Sarar has become catastrophic and is on the verge of collapse due to the outbreak of a number of highly contagious diseases, including watery diarrhea, malaria, and malnutrition, all of which threaten the lives of people in the district.

The sources added, despite the presence of qualified personnel working in the field, that the emergency departments in the Sarar Health, Motherhood and Childhood Center are currently witnessing unprecedented overcrowding with patients amid a relative decline in health services due to these centers’ lack of preventive medicines and modern medical supplies, which has increased the suffering of patients and workers.