Johannesburg – A total of 21 babies from Bloemhof, North West, have been admitted to hospital for diarrhoea since last week, the provincial health department said on Tuesday.
Eleven babies had been admitted to Bloemhof hospital, while another 10 had been transferred to bigger hospitals in Klerksdorp and Christiana, spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane said.
This follows over 300 people experiencing diarrhoea in the area due to a water contamination that left the town without water last week.
“Since then, we saw the number of people coming in decreasing,” he said.
Three babies dead
Between Wednesday and Friday, about 67 people visited hospital on account of diarrhoea.
On Monday, Lekgethwane said three babies had died from diarrhoea…
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