The Bacolod City Health Office has adopted schemes to prevent the spread of typhoid fever which is caused by contaminated water and food, newly designated CHO officer-in-charge, Dr. Salome Biñas, said yesterday.

She said there were only 18 cases of typhoid fever from January to February in Bacolod this year, which is minimal.

She said the CHO has started spraying disinfectants on garbage bins in all the public markets and will widen their scope because of the outbreak in Laguna.

An outbreak of typhoid fever in Calamba, Laguna has seen more than 1,200 people hospitalized.

Biñas assured the public that the dengue problem in Bacolod City will be given priority by the CHO.

Dengue cases were high last year, she said, with 50 cases in January and 50 in February, 2007. She said that for January this year, the number rose to 61 but went down to 27 in February.

Biñas said the World Health Organization has predicted that the cases of dengue will go up because of global warming not only in the Philippines but in other countries. The CHO has conducted fogging operations in over 10,000 houses in the city last year, she said.

Biñas said they will also strengthen other ongoing programs adopted by the CHO from the Department of Health.

Meanwhile, building official Teresita Guadalupe was also designated by Mayor Evelio Leonardia as OIC of the City Engineer’s Office.

Gaudalupe said that because of strict saturation drive conducted by the OBO on all business establishments, fire incidents in the city had decreased. She said they have been checking establishments for compliance of the National Building Code since she headed the OBO in 2003.

As head of the CEO, she said she will also look into the drainage system of the city that could be the cause of the flooding problem.*CGS

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