PHO reports 4 deaths from leptospirosis, 7 from dengue

By August 21, 2016Headlines, News

LINGAYEN— With the onset of monsoon rains and typhoons, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has placed 16 towns and Alaminos City under its leptospirosis-watch.

Data gathered by The PUNCH from PHO headed by Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman, from January to Aug. 15 showed that these are in Mangaldan with 10 leptospirosis cases, Sta. Barbara with three cases, Aguilar, Balungao, Rosales, San Jacinto and Sual with two cases each, Alaminos City, Asingan, Bani, Bayambang, Lingayen, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, San Manuel, San Nicolas and Tayug with one case each.

The PHO has recorded 41 cases with four deaths but pointed out that the number of deaths is higher by one compared to last year’s only three.

Casualties of leptospirosis were mostly construction workers and farmers from San Nicolas, Tayug, Manaoag and Mangaldan, mostly between 15 to 19 years old male.

Mangaldan registered the most number of leptospirosis, cases with 10, followed by Sta. Barbara, Aguilar, Balungao, Rosales, San Jacinto and Sual with 2 cases each.

Alaminos City, Asingan, Bani, Bayambang, Lingayen, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, San Manuel, San Nicolas and Tayug reported one case of leptospirosis each.

Dagupan City, a chartered city not covered by PHO, has six leptospirosis cases this year, a huge decline from last year’s record of 22.

Meanwhile, PHO also reported seven deaths out of the 1, 486 dengue cases from January 1 to August 16 this year. Last year recorded 12 deaths.

Most of dengue victims were between 10 to 14 years old male although the seven casualties were all female: a 7-month old in Calasiao, 2-year old in Binalonan, 6-year old in Urdaneta City, 7-year old in Dagupan City,  11-year old in Mabini, 53-year old in Umingan, and a 61-year old from Asingan.

On top of PHO’s dengue watch list are: Asingan (122), Pozorrubio (85), Mangaldan (63), San Fabian (63), Malasiqui (57), San Carlos City (54), Calasiao (53), Sta. Maria (50), Umingan (50), Bayambang (48), Mabini (41), Alaminos (39) and Binalonan (39).

Other common diseases this rainy season being monitored by PHO are acute gastroenteritis and typhoid fever. (Tita Roces/Hilda Austria)

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