Food-Borne Illness, Cholera Remain Concerns

A cholera victim, a 60-year-old hill tribesman is comforted by his wife while receiving treatment at Ratanakiri Provincial Hospital in Banlung, located in northeast Cambodia. (Photo: AP)

Nuch Sarita, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C
Friday, 28 May 2010

Cambodia continues to experience a prolonged hot season, and health experts remain concerned about severe illness or fatalities resulting from diarrhea.

“Your body can lose a lot of fluids and salts when you have very loose, watery stool,” Taing Tek Hong, a Florida-based physician, told “Hello VOA” on Thursday. “And it is important to replenish them. You need to drink plenty of fluids.”

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