Via Vietnam Net Bridge :
" The Hanoi-based Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases has received 13-15 new acute diarrhea patients daily over the past week, compared to just several patients a day previously.
Health experts stated that there were many acute diarrhea patients in Hanoi’s inner districts of Dong Da, Hoang Mai and Hai Ba Trung, which were home to the previous cholera pandemic. This is a signal of a new cholera epidemic in the capital city.
Among patients hospitalized at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 18 had cholera by last weekend. The numbers of acute diarrhea patients at other hospitals in Hanoi is also on the rise.
The Ministry of Health and the Hanoi Department of Health are still avoiding mention of a cholera epidemic and also the number of patients. Both agencies will “wait” for testing results from the Central Institute for Epidemiology before making an official announcement about cholera.
At the same time, Hanoi Preventive Health Centre reported 144 acute diarrhea patients in Hanoi since June 13. Up to 66 percent of them ate dog meat, raw vegetables, shrimp paste and snail vermicelli before coming down with acute diarrhea."
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