Seven die of diarrhea

Seven die of diarrhea

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Seven residents of Nuataus
village, in the Fatuleu district 35 kilometers east of here, died
in a recent diarrhea outbreak, while 20 others had to be
hospitalized.

Antara quoted Dr. Edy Lamanepa of the health office in Kupang
regency as saying yesterday that the first victims of the disease
were found on March 27. He suspected that the cause was
contaminated water.

Meanwhile, health officials in the nearby southern Central
Timor regency reported that the So-E Hospital treats an average
of six diarrhea patients every day. (swe)