Daga SANI AHMAD GIWA a Abuja
Adadin waɗanda suka mutu sakamakon ɓarkewar cutar Kwalara a Legas a ranar Alhamis ya kai 21, inda ake zargin mutane 401 sun kamu da cutar a faɗin jihar.
Mataimakiya ta musamman ga gwamnan jihar Legas kan harkokin kiwon lafiya, Dr. Kemi Ogunyemi da ke yin ƙarin haske kan cututtuka, ta bayyana cewa adadin masu ɗauke da cutar Kwalara ya ƙaru zuwa 401 a faɗin Legas, inda Legas Island, Kosofe, da Eti Osa suka fi yawa.
Ogunyemi, yayin da take bayani kan ɓullar cutar bayan ta gana da jami’an hukumar bayar da agajin gaggawa ta jihar Legas (PHEOC), ta ƙara da cewa adadin waɗanda suka mutu ya ƙaru zuwa 21, wanda ya ƙaru da shida daga cikin 15 da aka bayar a baya.
Ta ce: “An yi hasashen ƙaruwar lamarin ne biyo bayan bukukuwan Ileya, inda aka yi taruka masu yawa. Ta yi nuni da cewa, shari’o’in da ake zargin suna raguwa a faɗin ƙananan hukumomin, musamman a ƙananan hukumomin da abin ya shafa a baya, saboda ayyukan gwamnatin jihar da kuma ƙoƙarin sa ido.
Ta ce gwamnatin jihar Legas ta hannun ma’aikatar lafiya da sauran ’yan uwa mata na ci gaba da sanya ido da kuma lura da lamarin da kuma aiwatar da shirye-shirye da ayyuka da aka tsara domin daƙile yaɗuwar cutar.
“Ma’aikatar lafiya tare da haɗin gwiwar Ma’aikatar Muhalli ta Jiha da hukumarta, Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Jihar Legas (LASEPA), suna ci gaba da tattara samfuran hanyoyin ruwa, abinci, da abubuwan sha don gano inda cutar ta ɓulla. Mun kuma zafafa ayyukan sa ido a cikin al’umma, musamman a ƙananan hukumomin da abin ya shafa, domin tunkarar lamarin gaba.
“Muna kuma aiki tare da ma’aikatar ilimi baiɗaya da sakandare don ganin an ɗauki dukkan matakan kariya a makarantunmu don kare yara da malamai yayin dawowarsu. Mazauna yankin dole ne, duk da haka, su kasance a faɗake, su kasance da tsaftar hannu, da kuma shiga ayyukan tsaftar muhalli don dakatar da yaɗuwar cutar Kwalara,” in ji mai ba da shawara na musamman.
Mashawarciyar ta musamman ta buƙaci ‘yan ƙasar da su gaggauta zuwa asibiti idan suka ga alamun kamar zawo, amai, ciwon ciki, rashin lafiya, da zazzaɓi, tana mai jaddada cewa ana ba da maganin cutar Kwalara kyauta a dukkanin cibiyoyin kiwon lafiyar jama’a.
Yayin da yake lura da cewa Gwamna Babajide Sanwo-Olu ya jajirce wajen ganin mazauna Legas sun samu ingantacciyar kiwon lafiya mai rahusa, mai ba da shawara na musamman ta miƙa godiyar gwamnatin jihar ga abokan hulɗa na gida, na ƙasa da ƙasa, waɗanda suka haɗa da UNICEF, WHO, NCDC, NIMR. , Red Cross, da sauransu – don tallafa musu wajen yaƙar ɓarkewar cutar.
“An kuma miƙa godiya ga ƙwararrun likitoci, ma’aikatan jinya, masu haɗa magunguna, masana kimiyyar ɗakin gwaje-gwaje, jami’an kiwon lafiyar muhalli, jami’an hukumar ruwa, jami’an sa ido, shugabannin hukumomi, mambobin PHEOC, da masu aikin sa kai da suke aiki ba dare ba rana don yaƙar cutar da kuma kiyayewa a Legas,” ta ƙara da cewa.
Kwalara cuta ce da abinci da ruwa ke haifarwa ta hanyar shigar da ƙwayoyin cuta-vibrio cholerae – cikin gurɓataccen ruwa da abinci. Kwalara na iya haifar da zawo mai tsananin gaske, kuma munanan nau’ikan cutar na iya kashewa cikin sa’o’i idan ba a kula da su ba. A Nijeriya cutar Kwalara cuta ce da ke yaɗuwa kuma a lokuta da dama, wacce ke faruwa a duk shekara galibi a lokacin damina kuma galibi a wuraren da ba su da tsafta
