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Waterborne disease, starvation kill 11 more children in Thar
June 08, 2017, 11:38 am SHARE :
MITHI : In the past four days, eleven more children died in Thar?s hospitals, including Mithi Civil Hospital and Islamkot Rural health Care Center, due to an eruption of waterborne diseases and starvation.
According to sources in the health department, since Jan 1 2017, over 172 infants have lost their lives in Tharparkar district.
On Wednesday, dozens of ailing kids were brought to six health facilities of the district.
The patients and the parents of the ailing children complained of the deficiency and lack of amenities and services in hospitals and unavailability of health care units in their distant villages.
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Waterborne disease, starvation kill 11 more children in Thar
June 08, 2017, 11:38 am SHARE :
MITHI : In the past four days, eleven more children died in Thar?s hospitals, including Mithi Civil Hospital and Islamkot Rural health Care Center, due to an eruption of waterborne diseases and starvation.
According to sources in the health department, since Jan 1 2017, over 172 infants have lost their lives in Tharparkar district.
On Wednesday, dozens of ailing kids were brought to six health facilities of the district.
The patients and the parents of the ailing children complained of the deficiency and lack of amenities and services in hospitals and unavailability of health care units in their distant villages.
...