A looming water shortage threatens cholera response activities at Naguru hospital as administrators at the health facility say that they do not have enough water to run the facility beyond the next 12 hours following a crisis that has hit parts of Kampala, over the last two days. Some of the affected areas include, Naguru, Bukoto, Ntinda and Gayaza.
The shortage comes days after the ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of cholera in parts of Kampala, with several cases recorded from Naguru, Bukoto, Ntinda, Gayaza, Kabowa, and Rubaga division with at least sixteen people receiving treatment in the isolation ward at Naguru hospital.
Cholera, an acute diarrhoeal infection is caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with bacteria. In order to tame further infections, the public is urged to practice proper personal hygiene, wash hands with soap and clean water after using the toilet, and before eating food, boil drinking water, enforce proper human faecal disposal and to cover food to avoid contamination by flies. However, the absence of water implies that all the measures hang in balance.
The water reservoir tanks at Naguru hospital have a capacity of 160,000 litres. However, the tanks have been running for two days in a row since there was no supply from National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC).
