Residents of Moree, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region, are exposed to many health dangers due to poor sanitation.

The fishing community is littered with filth from the coastal area to places close to settlements.

Some residents who spoke to Joy News’ Felix Akoyam blames the situation on public negligence.

Adjoa Kuniwaa, a resident who lives close to the filth, lost her husband in 2014 when there was cholera outbreak in the town.

She says with the help of a neighbour, they rushed her husband to a nearby hospital when he “complained of stomach upset.”

He was in the hospital responding to treatment when he died shortly after, she added.

Twelve persons died from cholera in Cape Coast in September 2014 when there was an outbreak in the Regional Capital.

A total of 922 cholera cases were reported in various health facilities in the former capital town of Ghana.

Those affected includes a medical doctor and student nurses who reported they fell sick with diarrhea and vomiting after eating “kenkey” and “waakye” while others said they got infected by drinking sachet [pure] water.

Moree, a place famous for tourism is becoming notorious for filth to the point that health officials have warned of an imminent danger if nothing is done to remedy the situation.

They said when there was a cholera outbreak in 2012; at least about 134 people in the town contracted the disease.

“One resident was confirmed dead and another person was suspected to have died from the disease,” a source told Joy News.