25 Cholera beds per PAHO/MSPP list - line #251 dated 1/23/11
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Email from Patrice Tallyrand/Foundation Mayabou 1/11/11:
Just spoke to my contact in SAVE:
Save has two staffed and operational CTU's. One in Bainet and one in Belle Anse.
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This site is designated as a 'PLANNED CTU (UTC) per PAHO/MSPP list dated 12/22/10
UTC DEFINITION: Unit for the/Cholera (UTC): a health center, mobile clinic or hospital alone which has built a space to be able treat patients cholera, or in a tent or ente or in a house of the structure. THE UTC is able to make oral rehydration and intravenous use. Capacity 2-20 beds. Opening: at least during 12 hours. Staff : doctor, nurses, agent sanitation, health worker.
Bed Capacity: Not listed on PAHO List
Facility Name: Not listed on PAHO List
CONTACT:
Maria Tsolka
mtsolka @ savechildren.org
SOURCE: Health Cluster Bulletin #4 - Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 4:02 P
South
Save the Children is setting up three CTUs with inpatient bed capacity of 20 per unit in the communes of Bainet, Belle Anse, and Thiotte - there are confirmed cases in Jacmel, La Valle, and Bainet. Hygiene Promotion Message in IDP camps in Jacmel and in the communes of Bainet, Bella Anse, and Thiotte is being conducted by community health agents along with provision of enabling supplies like soap and aquatab.