30 died in Bayelsa as Cholera hits the state

Medical Doctors in the state are battling to contain the outbreak of Cholera  which has already killed 30 people. The outbreak is so quick to affect the people because of the lack of portable water supply as even the hospitals have to buy water from vendors that supply water on tanker due to the scarcity of water and could not even tell how hygienic the water  is as they go about their business.

It is no wander that the outbreak claims lives, as hospital will have to go to “mairuwa” to get water which is one of the basic need of a hospital for running it affairs of saving lives of the sick. The outbreak was first reported in Ijaw Local Government area, and now the situation seems to have worsen over the few weeks as it has claimed 30 lives.