- In a Syria hospital crowded with women and wailing children, Ahmad al-Mohammad writhed in pain beside his wife after they contracted cholera.
- During his six days in treatment, Mohammad has watched patients stream into the Al-Kasrah hospital in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, where the highly-polluted Euphrates River is a major source of contaminated water used for both drinking and irrigation.
- The Syrian government has announced 23 deaths and more than 250 cholera cases across six of the country’s 14 provinces since the start of the outbreak in September.
<span>‘Drink it anyway’: Syria water woes peak in cholera outbreak</span>
