Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Sarah Jane Lebrasse
Published on 2024-04-10 12:24:08
No ear seems to pay attention to the complaints launched at the Ministry of Health for an investigation into the reasons behind the recent deaths of dialysis patients.
– Advertisement –
A month ago, the Renal Disease Patients Association denounced the case of three dialysis patients at the Souillac Hospital. A fourth dialysis patient died yesterday, Tuesday, April 9.
The association suspects contamination of the water used for treatment. Members are demanding an analysis and investigation. But the ministry has already ruled out this theory.
“Have the machines been cleaned? The ministry took a sample of this water and waited several days to obtain the results. In the meantime, have other patients in this unit in Souillac not had time to be infected?” asks Bose Soonaran, the spokesman.
The latter asks the Ministry of Health to display the Colony Forming Unit rates of the machines. “There is a real problem at the Souillac hospital,” he insists.
Dialysis patients at the facility are not reassured. Among them, Didier points out that “we are afraid, in the past the Souillac hospital offered the best treatments to dialysis patients. Today, this is no longer the case.”
It is remembered that in March, when asked, the Ministry of Health had stated that the three deaths were not related to water and explained that the unit is up to standards, while adding that the water used is regularly tested.
Moreover, in memory of the 11 dialysis patients who died during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, the Renal Disease Patient’s Association will organize a march in Souillac on Saturday, April 13.
“We are still waiting for the truth. It is an injustice to the families,” regrets Bose Soonarane, spokesperson for the association.
“There are many shortcomings in the care that led to these sudden deaths,” he maintains.
Read the original article(French) on Le Mauricien
