The first case of cholera in Quebec has been confirmed after the outbreak in Haiti that has killed more than 4,000 people since October, but officials were quick to add there was no chance of "retransmission" of the disease.
A woman suffering from the disease was admitted in early January to Ste. Justine Hospital because of severe diarrhea, the Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal reported.
Upon hearing that the woman had recently been in Haiti, the emergency room doctor suspected cholera and had her placed in isolation, as is standard with any patient with severe diarrhea. She was given antibiotics and rehydrated, and released after a few days in hospital.
The last recorded case of cholera in Quebec came in 2007.
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