An outbreak of the parasitic infection,
Chagas disease, has sickened a dozen people of the same family in the La
Macarena municipality Febres Cordero, Merida state, in the Andean region of
Venezuela, according to a 2001.com report (computer translated). Denis Gómez,
director of the Health Corporation (Corposalud) in Mérida said that they have
been treated by medical teams in the state. Three deaths ( 2 infants and 1
adult) were reported as the doctor noted: “The patient came to hospital in a
critical phase, and despite the efforts of the doctors, died. Unfortunately
came late at health centers”. He said the three patients received
self-medication for more than eight days and when it was realized it wasn’t
working they arrived for treatment. More…
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