Kaki seorang peniaga nasi kandar di Pulau Pinang telah digigit tikus kini berada di Unit Rawatan Rapi Hospital Kepala Betas dibimbangi jangkitan kencing tikus. Peniaga nasi kandar tadi sedang berehat dan menanggalkan kasut. Tanpa menyedari tikus telah masuk dalam kasut, peniaga tadi telah menyarung kasut, lalu digigit tikus tadi. Kebersihan sering diabaikan oleh peniaga dan pengunjung kedai. Jangan salahkan peniaga yang kotor, salahkan juga pengunjung kedai yang tidak memilih kedai yang bersih.
Sementara itu pakar mikrobiologi Prof Dr Jamuna Vadivelu dari Universiti Malaya mengingatkan para peniaga dan orang ramai jangan membuang sisa makanan dalam longkang, parit dan merata-rata tempat, ini akan hanya menarik lebih banyak tikus ke tempat tersebut.
TIPS : Saya membuang sisa makanan di rumah dalam plastik dan masukkan dalam peti ais terutama nasi, roti, kuih dan lain-lain. Hujung minggu bila balik kampung, sisa makanan tadi beri makan ayam yang ayah bela di Rembau.
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Thursday September 9, 2010
Nasi kandar seller bitten by rodent
GEORGE TOWN: A hawker whose toe was bitten by a rat is now under observation at the intensive care unit of Kepala Batas Hospital for suspected leptospirosis infection.
The roadside nasi kandar seller had earlier removed his shoes while taking a rest at his stall on Saturday when the rodent crawled in and hid inside them, said state Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh.
“Unaware that the rat was inside his shoe, the nasi kandar man put it on,” he said.
The man, who was bleeding, was rushed to the hospital. The state Health Department has closed his food stall temporarily.
Phee also said the Health Department had ordered that two food stalls at the Summit Plaza in Bukit Mertajam to be closed last week after the eateries were found to be operating below the required cleanliness level.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=%2F2010%2F9%2F9%2Fnation%2F7007329
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Thursday September 9, 2010
Doc: Stop feeding the rats
PETALING JAYA: Medical microbiologist Prof Dr Jamuna Vadivelu warned that Malaysians must improve on their hygiene to reduce the risk of getting infected with leptospirosis.
Dr Jamuna, from Universiti Malaya, said the throwing of food and rubbish into gutters attracts rats.
“Special attention should be given to hawker centres and recreational areas where the bacteria from rats’ urine and faeces could infect people,’’ she said.
The leptospirosis scare surfaced in June following the deaths of six people who were involved in a search and rescue operation at the Lubuk Yu picnic area in Pahang.
Following the death of the ninth patient who was infected with the bacteria after swimming in Lata Bayu, Baling, Kedah, hospitals and clinics nationwide were ordered to immediately report any case of leptospirosis or melioidosis infection.
On Monday, the Health Minister declared leptospirosis a notifiable disease where it is required by law for cases to be reported to the authorities.
Dr Jamuna said leptospirosis can be transmitted through food consumption or wounds when in contact with contaminated food or flood waters and melioidosis through inhalation and cuts or open wounds.
On whether both forms of bacteria had mutated, she said researchers could not determine that yet.
UM is currently the only centre in the country which does tests on melioidosis, said Dr Jamuna.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=%2F2010%2F9%2F9%2Fnation%2F7007328
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