3 more children die of gastro in relief camps

KARACHI: Three more children have died from gastro in flood affectees camps set up in Karachi, rising the death toll to five, said sources Wednesday. According to details, in Gulshan Maymar and Landhi camps, 3 more children passed away due to gastro disease. It has also been learnt that medical centres have been established here by the Provincial and the City government. The three children included Ali Soomro, 2, Reshman, 4 and an unknown child aged 3. The children were the residents of Jacobabad. The dead bodies of the children has been shifted to Edhi morgue at Sohrab Goth. Eight unconscious children were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Two days ago, a 4-year child died of gastro epidemic in the relief camp located at Bhens Colony, and another child was killed in the relief camp of Gulshan-e-Maymar. The children said to be suffering from a gastro epidemic by drinking contaminated water in relief camps. The waterborne gastroenteritis killed several dozen people last week; more cases have also been reported elsewhere across the flood-plagued country. Over two weeks of heavy rains and floods have killed over 1,600 people so far, displaced 20 million people and destroyed approximately 700,000 homes in Pakistan which has, and is experiencing the worst floods in its history. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a case of fatal cholera over the weekend in Pakistan. It has estimated that some 36,000 people have been affected by breakout of cholera in the country, which is entangled with waterborne diseases while it is still facing the ravaging floods and monsoon rains. The Pakistan Health Ministry has sent a red alert to the WHO for starting emergency treatment against the diseases which are rapidly spreading, along the flowing polluted water which is mixing tap and well water with sewerage and other contaminations. In the severely affected Nowshera and Charsadda areas of the province, three million people are fighting typhoid, Hepatitis A and B, respiratory tract infection, scabies, cholera and other diseases