If your Province is on the ball, you should contact the Red Cross in your area and set up an operational programme with them. Flooding in urban areas may also cause dangers and local authorities are poorly staffed to cope. Any situations you come across should be transmitted to the emergency services immediately. This dreaded word is now in common use within certain areas of the country. Where floods are experienced, the disease can occur quickly and with life threatening and epidemic consequences.
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by bacteria produced toxins.
The spread is via ingestion of water and some foods contaminated by the excrement of infected people. If you see symptoms of mild diarrhea with vomiting, accompanied by dehydration with intense thirst, muscle cramps, weakness and minimal urine production, you have all the symptoms of Cholera. Report this to the nearest emergency medical service or medical officer of health in the area. Your warning if people with these symptoms are identified can stop the spread of the disease. Prevention is always better than cure and purification of water with proper disposal of human excrement is the way to prevent the problem.