A funeral procession for the burial of Samuel George, age 18. George was one of the first deaths from cholera in the area where he lived. George started exhibiting symptoms at 4PM last Tuesday and he died around 12PM the same day. George was a high school student in Saint Marc who, during school break, had been working in the rice fields in his hometown of Fleuve in the Artibonite valley . While working he drank water from the Atibonit river which is contaminated with cholera. He was staying with his brother and sister when he started exhibiting symptoms and he died before they knew what sickness he had and before they could take him to the hospital.
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