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Cholera Deaths in Haiti Crosses 300 Mark
One week after cholera was confirmed in Haiti for the first time in decades, the death rate is slowing, but 305 people have lost their lives so far and nearly 5,000 others have been infected. Officials warn it could be years before it is eradicated.
Clinics were beyond capacity, with patients lying on the floor of a radiology department in Saint-Marc, the outbreak's epicenter some 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the capital Port-au-Prince.
A five-bed maternity center, ill-equipped to treat the virulent diarrheal disease, housed 300 patients.
The source of the outbreak remains unclear, although the UN peacekeeping force MINUSTAH is probing claims its septic tanks leaked into the Artibonite river and contaminated it with fecal bacteria.
At the Charles Colimon hospital in Petite Riviere, a small community along the Artibonite, up to 400 patients were packed in every available space -- in the corridors, on floors and in tents surrounding the facility.
Residents in this rural town rely heavily on the infected river for their daily chores. The low-lying land is water-logged and irrigation ditches from the river run right past homes where people wash and cook.
The rusted iron and plastic roofing of the hospital, the main medical center for a large swath of the infected area, failed to stop a midday downpour, prompting doctors to rush patients away from leaks.
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