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Measles outbreak: five children die in NWA
Sunday, March 28, 2010
By By Malik Mumtaz Khan
MIRAMSHAH: Five children have died and dozens hospitalised due to an outbreak of measles in Kaza Madakhel village of Dattakhel Tehsil in North Waziristan.
Kaza Madakhel villagers criticised their elected representative, MNA Kamran Khan, for his failure to resolve the electorate?s basic problems. Child specialists at the ill-equipped Agency Headquarters Hospital in Miramshah said five children had died due to lack of vaccines in the North Waziristan tribal region recently.
Two child specialists at Miramshah hospital -- Dr Ali Mohammad and Dr Mohammad Ayaz -- told The News that they had informed officials at the Fata Secretariat in Peshawar about lack of vaccines and effects of the disease on kids.
Dr Ayaz said five children had died before they could be shifted to hospital and feared many others might die if vaccines were not provided to them. He said dozens of other children suffering from measles belonging to the same area had been shifted to the public sector Miramshah Hospital as well as private health centres. He said condition of some of the children was critical.
Dr Ali Mohammad said officials of the Health Department at the Fata Secretariat had told him that they would send vaccines to Waziristan if supplies were received from Islamabad.Two tribesmen, Kazim and Haji Mamed Khan, who were among the several tribesmen who brought their sick kids from the border village of Kaza Madakhel in Dattakhel Tehsil, said many children could not be shifted to Miramshah for treatment due to curfew on Saturday.
Tribal elder Malik Said Mali said that many children were still at their homes in Dattakhel Tehsil due to lack of vehicles and curfew on the road between Miramshah and Dattakhel.He demanded of the NWFP governor to take note of hardships of the children and send special teams of doctors to the affected areas to save lives.
Measles outbreak: five children die in NWA
Sunday, March 28, 2010
By By Malik Mumtaz Khan
MIRAMSHAH: Five children have died and dozens hospitalised due to an outbreak of measles in Kaza Madakhel village of Dattakhel Tehsil in North Waziristan.
Kaza Madakhel villagers criticised their elected representative, MNA Kamran Khan, for his failure to resolve the electorate?s basic problems. Child specialists at the ill-equipped Agency Headquarters Hospital in Miramshah said five children had died due to lack of vaccines in the North Waziristan tribal region recently.
Two child specialists at Miramshah hospital -- Dr Ali Mohammad and Dr Mohammad Ayaz -- told The News that they had informed officials at the Fata Secretariat in Peshawar about lack of vaccines and effects of the disease on kids.
Dr Ayaz said five children had died before they could be shifted to hospital and feared many others might die if vaccines were not provided to them. He said dozens of other children suffering from measles belonging to the same area had been shifted to the public sector Miramshah Hospital as well as private health centres. He said condition of some of the children was critical.
Dr Ali Mohammad said officials of the Health Department at the Fata Secretariat had told him that they would send vaccines to Waziristan if supplies were received from Islamabad.Two tribesmen, Kazim and Haji Mamed Khan, who were among the several tribesmen who brought their sick kids from the border village of Kaza Madakhel in Dattakhel Tehsil, said many children could not be shifted to Miramshah for treatment due to curfew on Saturday.
Tribal elder Malik Said Mali said that many children were still at their homes in Dattakhel Tehsil due to lack of vehicles and curfew on the road between Miramshah and Dattakhel.He demanded of the NWFP governor to take note of hardships of the children and send special teams of doctors to the affected areas to save lives.