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SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Public Health Secretariat has set up a temporary medical centre in Santiago province to attend to people displaced by flooding during and in the wake of Tropical Storm Olga, newspaper El Caribe said.
Health minister Bautista Rojas Gomez travelled to Santiago earlier today to coordinate the emergency relief operation. Regional hospitals across the northern part of the Dominican Republic will be working with a full staff, and five mobile clinics have been assembled.
Gomez asked the National Centre for Disease Control to closely monitor infectious disease vectors in the flooded areas and emergency shelters, and ordered the delivery of clean drinking water, chlorine, and portable latrines to refuge sites in the flood zone. He stressed the importance of taking preventative measures against diseases like tetanus, meningitis and dengue fever as well as water-borne bacteria and parasites.
Almost as many people died from dengue fever and leptospirosis in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Noel as died from the initial flooding.
Gomez said as soon as all the emergency shelters are accounted for, the Public Health Secretariat will begin administering vaccines.
The Social Assistance Secretariat has also begun distributing mattresses, mosquito netting, medicine and food to the refugees, the newspaper said.
Health minister Bautista Rojas Gomez travelled to Santiago earlier today to coordinate the emergency relief operation. Regional hospitals across the northern part of the Dominican Republic will be working with a full staff, and five mobile clinics have been assembled.
Gomez asked the National Centre for Disease Control to closely monitor infectious disease vectors in the flooded areas and emergency shelters, and ordered the delivery of clean drinking water, chlorine, and portable latrines to refuge sites in the flood zone. He stressed the importance of taking preventative measures against diseases like tetanus, meningitis and dengue fever as well as water-borne bacteria and parasites.
Almost as many people died from dengue fever and leptospirosis in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Noel as died from the initial flooding.
Gomez said as soon as all the emergency shelters are accounted for, the Public Health Secretariat will begin administering vaccines.
The Social Assistance Secretariat has also begun distributing mattresses, mosquito netting, medicine and food to the refugees, the newspaper said.
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From: Dominican Republic
Oddly enough, deaths from natural occurances in Cuba are but a small percentage of what occurs here. There is absolutely no reason other that ignorance and lack of communication as to the deaths from this latest minor storm...i can only imagine what will happen if we encounter a real hurricane.
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I have so much family living in Dominican Republic and I live in New York but it's so devastating to hear what goes on in my country. I am in awe everytime something devastating as this occurs. There needs to be more improvement from the goverment to financing to all those overseeing this country. There should be no excuse for these incidents. It's a shame at times to talk about D.R. to other people such a beautiful country but those leading and representing D.R. are not doing their job as they should. When will I ever hear the good about the country. When will every inch of our country be restored. Let's focus on making Dominican Republic a great place to live in and obviously it can't be done in a day but if our leaders are well educated and intelligent then I don't see any excuse.
