Sandy and cholera

Since Sandy hit the US the other countries that experienced the storm are left out of the picture.
One country hit hard is Haiti and the cholera cases in that country have almost doubled.
I've put this in the living section since we might be affected by this also here in the DR.

Sandy verergert cholera-epidemie Ha?ti - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

Google translation

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Rescuers MSF have nearly twice the cholera patients treated in Haiti since Hurricane Sandy about the country attracted. That left the charity Friday.

In Haiti festers for 2 years a cholera epidemic. The heavy rains that Sandy took with him, are an additional burden on the poorly functioning health system in Haiti, says Jan Peter Stellema, operations manager for MSF in Haiti.
In mid-October the charity treated nearly 500 people a week. Since Sandy struck the country, which rose to 800 cholera patients.

Regering Ha?ti roept noodtoestand uit - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

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PORT-AU-PRINCE - The Haitian government has declared martial law. According to Minister Ady Jean Gardy threatens famine, because many crops have been devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

The impoverished Haiti has been hit hard by Sandy. Certainly sixty people came through the hurricane killed and thousands were left homeless Haitians.
MSF had previously know almost twice cholera patients treated since the hurricane moved across the country. The epidemic woekerde for two years, but is exacerbated by the heavy rains that Sandy took. Who formed according to the charity an additional burden on the dysfunctional health system in the country.