An Outbreak Of The Waterborne Disease - 4978 Words

Summary It has been reported that by the year 2000 in May, there was an outbreak of the waterborne disease in the richest province of Canada which is the moderately prosperous town of around 5,000 people. This disease resulted in killing around 7 people and also caused various serious illnesses in many other people. This contamination was however based on the tracing of the source which has been identified around 22 years back as being the major risk. The operators of the system were oblivious regarding the danger and also based on the various regulatory responsibilities regarding the drinking water safety. This issue has been overlooked as it exists in the safe drinking water. This case has been prevailing in the form of sequence of†¦show more content†¦Walkerton is found to be served by the three wells named as 5, 6 and 7. Well 5 was present at the southwest edge while the Well 6 has been present around 3 km from the Walkerton in the area of rural country side. Well 7 has been pre sent at around 300 m northwest location from that of Well 6. This case could also act as an eye opener for the sake of analyzing the health care issues that the careless attitude from the engineers, managers and the working team could cause death of innocent children as because of the contaminated water, there were majority of the children who were absent from the Mother Theresa school as reported to be 25 children while on the other hand, it has also reported to have around 8 children from the Walkerton public schools as being absent because of the illness caused by the contaminated pipe connection with the drinking water. The Walkerton physicians have also been seen to be examining around 12 to 13 patients who were suffering on the severe basis from diarrhea. There are also major concerns being observed from the Bruce Grey Owen Sound Health Unit based in the negligence which has been seen from the working units. Health Concerns Having an adequate metabolism working is very important for individuals to remain healthy and strong. For gaining a good metabolism rate, individuals should follow a proper dietary pattern and should exercise on regular basis. A good dietary pattern