He explained that the investigation into the causes revealed that the only common factor among the patients was the source of the water used for drinking.
He added, “We called in a specialized team that conducted a laboratory test of the drinking water well, which revealed the presence of toxic bacteria in the well, which led to the contamination of the water.”
According to the villagers, the matter was very worrying for them as the residents felt pain at very close times, which raised suspicions of an infectious disease.
“We have never seen such cases in our entire lives, even when there is an outbreak of an infectious disease it is not this fast and close in time,” said one resident. “People are waiting for their turn to undergo the operation inside the center and some are waiting at home because the center is overcrowded.”
A public health specialist pointed out that although appendicitis is not a contagious disease, it may spread in very rare cases among a large group of residents of a specific area.
“The widespread spread may be linked to the exposure of the region’s population to a respiratory infection that led to swelling of the lymph nodes in the intestinal wall, an infection that affected the digestive system, or widespread cases of inflammatory bowel disease resulting from pollution,” she explained.
In the same context, environmental consultant Hanan Mudather confirmed that there may be a link between the torrents and floods that recently swept the region and the pollution that the drinking water well in the affected area was exposed to.
She told Sky News Arabia, “The recent floods and rains caused significant damage, resulting in serious health repercussions due to environmental factors.”
She added, “In many cases, flood water reaches drinking water wells after mixing with toilet water and other harmful waste, which leads to the generation of harmful types of bacteria that cause serious infectious diseases, the repercussions and consequences of which may develop to cause the widespread spread of other non-infectious diseases.”
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Moataz Saleh, the medical director of Dar Al-Awda Hospital in the Dongola area in the north, confirmed that the hospital had performed 69 appendectomy operations in a limited number of days among residents of a neighborhood affiliated with the hospital area, which is inhabited by less than 400 people.
Saleh told Sky News Arabia on Sunday that the hospital administration was surprised a few days ago by the strange frequency of reports of appendicitis, as a number of cases were arriving at the hospital at certain times per day, which prompted the work team to search for the causes, especially since appendicitis is a non-communicable disease.
He explained that the investigation into the causes revealed that the only common factor among the patients was the source of the water used for drinking.
He added, “We called in a specialized team that conducted a laboratory test of the drinking water well, which revealed the presence of toxic bacteria in the well, which led to the contamination of the water.”
According to the villagers, the matter was very worrying for them as the residents felt pain at very close times, which raised suspicions of an infectious disease.
“We have never seen such cases in our entire lives, even when there is an outbreak of an infectious disease it is not this fast and close in time,” said one resident. “People are waiting for their turn to undergo the operation inside the center and some are waiting at home because the center is overcrowded.”
A public health specialist pointed out that although appendicitis is not a contagious disease, it may spread in very rare cases among a large group of residents of a specific area.
“The widespread spread may be linked to the exposure of the region’s population to a respiratory infection that led to swelling of the lymph nodes in the intestinal wall, an infection that affected the digestive system, or widespread cases of inflammatory bowel disease resulting from pollution,” she explained.
In the same context, environmental consultant Hanan Mudather confirmed that there may be a link between the torrents and floods that recently swept the region and the pollution that the drinking water well in the affected area was exposed to.
She told Sky News Arabia, “The recent floods and rains caused significant damage, resulting in serious health repercussions due to environmental factors.”
She added, “In many cases, flood water reaches drinking water wells after mixing with toilet water and other harmful waste, which leads to the generation of harmful types of bacteria that cause serious infectious diseases, the repercussions and consequences of which may develop to cause the widespread spread of other non-infectious diseases.”
