KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho said that almost 47,000 displaced pregnant women have been accommodated at relief camps established in different areas of the province.
She said, “More than 134,000 cases of diarrhoea and 44,000 cases of malaria have been reported in the province.”
Many flood victims, including women and children, are complaining of psychological distress after losing their homes, loved ones and livelihoods, the officials added.
According to health officials, diarrhoea, cholera and other waterborne diseases had started killing both adults and children in the flooded areas in Sindh, Balochistan and southern Punjab.
“As many as 17,242 people, including men, women and children, were treated for skin infections at 442 fixed and mobile camps in Sindh. Diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, typhoid and dysentery are the second most common diseases among floods affectees followed by respiratory infections.
Around 14,869 cases of waterborne diseases and 13,326 cases of respiratory illnesses were treated on Friday at 442 medical camps, established by the Sindh health department,” an official of the Directorate General of Health Sindh said.
