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Karachi
M. Waqar Bhatti
August 25, 2017
Hospitals fear malaria outbreak in the wake of rains
Karachi?s hospitals fear that the recent rains in the metropolis and the coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan have caused an epidemic of mosquito-borne diseases, especially malaria, dengue and chikungunya.
However, The News has learnt on Thursday that neither the health authorities nor the international health agencies operating in the country are doing enough to control the lethal outbreak of transmissible diseases.
Hundreds of patients with high-grade fever, shivering and flu-like symptoms are being taken to Karachi?s public and private hospitals, clinics and dispensaries from different city districts and suburbs, Thatta, Gharo, Gadap, and Hub and Lasbela in Balochistan. Most of them have tested positive for malaria, dengue or chikungunya.
Data collected from different public hospitals revealed that thousands of cases of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases have been reported at the health facilities, where hundreds are still being treated for the lethal disease...
Karachi
M. Waqar Bhatti
August 25, 2017
Hospitals fear malaria outbreak in the wake of rains
Karachi?s hospitals fear that the recent rains in the metropolis and the coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan have caused an epidemic of mosquito-borne diseases, especially malaria, dengue and chikungunya.
However, The News has learnt on Thursday that neither the health authorities nor the international health agencies operating in the country are doing enough to control the lethal outbreak of transmissible diseases.
Hundreds of patients with high-grade fever, shivering and flu-like symptoms are being taken to Karachi?s public and private hospitals, clinics and dispensaries from different city districts and suburbs, Thatta, Gharo, Gadap, and Hub and Lasbela in Balochistan. Most of them have tested positive for malaria, dengue or chikungunya.
Data collected from different public hospitals revealed that thousands of cases of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases have been reported at the health facilities, where hundreds are still being treated for the lethal disease...