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No awareness in public as city faces ‘worst cholera outbreak in recent years’
An unprecedented increase in cholera cases has been observed in the months of March and April in Karachi
By M. Waqar Bhatti
April 26, 2022
An unprecedented increase in the cases of cholera, an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has been witnessed in Karachi where hundreds of children and adults are being brought to public and private hospitals for treatment, officials and experts said on Monday.
Officials at the National Institute of Child (NICH), Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Center (SIDH&RC) at NIPA, and Civil Hospital Karachi confirmed to The News that the city was facing the ‘worst outbreak of cholera in recent years’ as hundreds of patients, including both children and adults, were being brought to their health facilities...
No awareness in public as city faces ‘worst cholera outbreak in recent years’
An unprecedented increase in cholera cases has been observed in the months of March and April in Karachi
By M. Waqar Bhatti
April 26, 2022
An unprecedented increase in the cases of cholera, an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has been witnessed in Karachi where hundreds of children and adults are being brought to public and private hospitals for treatment, officials and experts said on Monday.
Officials at the National Institute of Child (NICH), Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Center (SIDH&RC) at NIPA, and Civil Hospital Karachi confirmed to The News that the city was facing the ‘worst outbreak of cholera in recent years’ as hundreds of patients, including both children and adults, were being brought to their health facilities...
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