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Mamlaka zinachunguza uhusiano wa dawa za paracetamol za kimiminika na makumi ya vifo vya watoto vinavyosababishwa na figo kushindwa kufanya kazi baada ya siku 3 hadi 5 za kutumia dawa hizo
Ingawa hakuna idadi rasmi ya vifo hadi sasa, Mkurugenzi wa huduma za Afya, Mustapha Bittaye amesema walirekodi vifo vya watoto 28 ndani ya mwezi Agosti 2022
Inaelezwa kuwa visa vilipoongezeka, madaktari walianza kushuku kuwa dawa hizo zinaweza kuhusika ingawa hadi sasa haijawekwa wazi ni aina gani ya Paracetamol inayochunguzwa
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Gambia's government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of young children from kidney failure in recent months are linked to a paracetamol syrup, the head of the country's health service said on Thursday.
A spike in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five was detected in late July. As cases mounted, doctors began to suspect medicines could be involved.
Gambia's director of health services, Mustapha Bittaye, told Reuters that a number of patients began to fall ill with kidney problems three to five days after taking a paracetamol syrup sold locally. It was not yet clear if any particular brand of paracetamol was under investigation.
E. coli bacteria was also a possible cause, Bittaye said.
Symptoms suffered by the children included an inability to pass urine and a fever that can within hours end in kidney failure.
By early August, 28 children had died, according to health ministry figures, for a fatality rate of nearly 90%. The number of fatalities is now much higher, said Bittaye.
Source: Reuters
An official updated tally is expected in the coming days.
Ingawa hakuna idadi rasmi ya vifo hadi sasa, Mkurugenzi wa huduma za Afya, Mustapha Bittaye amesema walirekodi vifo vya watoto 28 ndani ya mwezi Agosti 2022
Inaelezwa kuwa visa vilipoongezeka, madaktari walianza kushuku kuwa dawa hizo zinaweza kuhusika ingawa hadi sasa haijawekwa wazi ni aina gani ya Paracetamol inayochunguzwa
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Gambia's government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of young children from kidney failure in recent months are linked to a paracetamol syrup, the head of the country's health service said on Thursday.
A spike in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five was detected in late July. As cases mounted, doctors began to suspect medicines could be involved.
Gambia's director of health services, Mustapha Bittaye, told Reuters that a number of patients began to fall ill with kidney problems three to five days after taking a paracetamol syrup sold locally. It was not yet clear if any particular brand of paracetamol was under investigation.
E. coli bacteria was also a possible cause, Bittaye said.
Symptoms suffered by the children included an inability to pass urine and a fever that can within hours end in kidney failure.
By early August, 28 children had died, according to health ministry figures, for a fatality rate of nearly 90%. The number of fatalities is now much higher, said Bittaye.
Source: Reuters
An official updated tally is expected in the coming days.