Information reaching Ennimil News in Takoradi from the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipal Health Directorate indicate that there were reported cases of Cholera outbreak in the various Health Centers within the Tarkwa Nuseam Municipality on Sunday 4th September 2011 from four different communities in the municipality namely Simpa, Akoon, Tarkwa township and Top, a galamsey town in Nsueam yesterday.
Confirming the news to our Correspondent, the Tarkwa Nsueam Health Director Dr. Jack Gale said sixty eight (65) cholera cases have been recorded so far with four (4) confirmed dead this morning.
Eight (8) he said are currently found in critical conditions whiles the rest have been treated and discharged
He added that the cause of the cholera outbreak is still not known but said they have begun investigations into the case to come out with the exact cause of the outbreak.
For fear of exceeding infections of cholera outbreak in the various communities, the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipal Assembly has acquired a site at Nsueam to bury the four since they all come from the Nsueam community.
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