Residents of the North West District (NWD) yesterday laid the blame for the recent gastroenteritis outbreak in the area at the feet of miners, who they say have been improperly disposing their human waste and contaminating their water supply.
NWD residents are also rejecting claims by health officials that their poor sanitation practices, including the use of pit latrines, are responsible for the E. coli bacteria ending up in the waterways running through Canal Bank, Sebai and Port Kaituma. Up to last Friday, three children had died exhibiting symptoms of gastroenteritis.
APNU’s Region One parliamentarian Richard Allen told Stabroek News yesterday
