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Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 75 suspected cholera cases, gastro deaths 130+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 75 suspected cholera cases, gastro deaths 130+.

Floods in Pakistan
Bulletin No 14
25 August 2010

Highlights
? Government of Pakistan announces on 24 August measures to strengthen
coordination and activities, including disease surveillance, to respond to health
impacts of flood emergency.
? Increasing numbers of cases of diarrhoeal disease, acute respiratory infections,
skin diseases and malaria are being reported, with growing concerns about the
overall situation in Sindh and Punjab provinces.
? At least 380 health facilities damaged or destroyed by flooding.
? 21 diarrhoeal disease centres operating, through USAID/OFDA funding, in
affected districts of KPK, Punjab and Sindh provinces, with more being set up.
? Health Cluster coordination active in 5 hubs - Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan,
Sukkur, Quetta.
? 39% of the US$56.2 million requested to support the health response has been
funded, according to OCHA as of 23 August.
? On 23 August, 101,925 patient were treated in flood affected districts. Of these
consultations, 25,476 cases of skin infections (24% of total), 16,469 cases of
acute respiratory infections (16%), 14,008 cases of acute diarrhoea (14%) and
4966 cases of suspected malaria (5%) were reported.

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Between 29 July to 21 August, a total of 2,394,492 patients? consultations were reported from the affected districts. Of these consultations, 314,814 cases of acute diarrhoea (13% of total consultations), 317,450 cases of Acute Respiratory Infection (13% of total consultations), 421,198 cases of skin infections (18% of total consultations) and 53,707 cases of suspected malaria (2% of total consultations) were reported from the flood-affected districts.
? The number of cases of suspected malaria is rising in Baluchistan and Sindh provinces compared to KPK and Punjab. During the last 24 hours, the number of cases reported from suspected malaria comprised 17% of patients? consultations in Baluchistan province and 11% in Sindh.

full report at; http://www.whopak.org/idps/documents/bulletins/Pakistan Health Cluster Bulletin 14 250810.pdf
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 75 suspected cholera cases, gastro deaths 130+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 75 suspected cholera cases, gastro deaths 130+.

Stench of dead bodies was overpowering?

Sonya RehmanFirst Published : 29 Aug 2010 11:23:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 28 Aug 2010 06:47:10 PM IST

On August 20, Farzana ? a flood survivor ? perished from gastroenteritis in the city of Lahore. She was 18. Having fled from her submerged village in Muzaffargarh (a district in Punjab province) Farzana, along with her father, had taken refuge at her uncle?s home in Lahore.


But it was too late. There are thousands of people like Farzana, victims of serious water-borne diseases ? such as gastroenteritis and cholera ? in the aftermath of the worst floods to have ever hit Pakistan. The destruction is far worse than the 2005 earthquake which killed 75,000 and left many more thousands homeless.

So far, at least 1,500 people have died in the floods and millions have been left destitute and stranded. Their lands and crops have been destroyed. They?ve lost everything ? their loved ones, their cattle and all their possessions.

On his recent visit to Pakistan, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon stated: ?I will never forget the destruction and suffering I have witnessed today. In the past I have witnessed many natural disasters around the world, but nothing like this.?

People who have seen the destruction up close each have their own horror stories.

Faisal Kapadia, who works in Karachi, visited Sukkur ? a city in Sindh province. Of his experience, Kapadia stated: ?It was like something out of a painting of Dante?s hell ? roads lined on both sides with thousands of people lying in the mud without shelter in 48OC heat.

?There was no sanitation and people were scrounging for food.?

Kapadia also visited Shikarpur (also in Sindh) and saw the army urging people to leave. A mass evacuation was underway since the entire area was submerged.

?Inundated, villages and roads were washed away,? Kapadia said, ?The stench of dead bodies was unbearable, overpowering.?

Khurram Siddiqi, a young professional living in Lahore recently visited Kot Addu in Muzaffargarh with some friends. Partnering with the PWP (Pakistan Wetlands Program), they travelled by truck with food and relief supplies.

?It?s not as easy or as organised as you?d imagine when you head out; not everyone?s sitting there in a camp, like on CNN, waiting for you to deliver supplies,? Siddiqi says. ?This flood has been so

unpredictable that people have moved to save their lives wherever they could find higher ground ? and many are ending up just stuck in those new fields because they can?t go anywhere. So in our case, we really had to search them out, over a very large area.?

Even though many individuals are being proactive in the matter collecting aid and supplies, Siddiqi decries the weaknesses in the planning and logistics regarding reaching out to the flood victims.

He worries that relief efforts might result in emotional and physical fatigue once the real test begins, which is ?the reconstruction and prevention of disease, whenever the waters recede.?

It is true. The real challenge will come in the aftermath of the floods when rebuilding what has been washed away and lost for good begins. The mammoth rehabilitation process in the months and years to come remains daunting.

It?s in the back of everyone's mind, but no one knows how that will work out.
http://expressbuzz.com/magazine/‘stench-of-dead-bodies-was-overpowering’/201332.html
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 75 suspected cholera cases, gastro deaths 130+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 75 suspected cholera cases, gastro deaths 130+.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Cholera breaks out in Hangu

HANGU: At least 1,370 cases of cholera have been reported in recent days in Hangu, health authorities said on Friday. According to Executive District Officer (Health) Dr Muhammad Ishaq, the waterborne disease has broken out due to torrential rains in the area. He said most of the patients were children, women and elderly people. He said medical teams had been sent to the affected areas to control the situation. The general public in the affected areas said the disease was growing fast and the Health Department had failed to take any concrete steps. staff report

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\28\story_28-8-2010_pg7_11
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

3-year-old girl dies of gastro at relief camp

KARACHI: A minor girl died of a stomach disease at the Razzakabad relief camp on Saturday. The three-year-old girl Farzana, from Jacobabad, was suffering from gastroenteritis. Bin Qasim Town Health Officer Younus Chandio said she did not die at the camp, adding that two days ago the girl was referred to the National Institute of Child Health due to a chest infection. However, her parent on Saturday asked the doctor to discharge her and the girl expired on their way back to the camp, he said. ppi
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\29\story_29-8-2010_pg12_7
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

Six die of gastroenteritis in Upper Dir By Syed Zahid Jan
Sunday, 29 Aug, 2010

Pakistan
UPPER DIR: Gastroenteritis has broken out in Upper Dir district, claiming the lives of six persons and landing thousands others, including children, in the hospitals.

According to health authorities, gastro has hit several areas of the district. However, they denied the reports of cholera outbreak in any area.

They confirmed that four persons, including a child, had been killed by gastro.

The disease is not confined to any particular area but hit several villages and towns of the district. Earlier, the district was lashed by torrential monsoon rains, killing dozens of people and washing away bridges and other infrastructure.

Health authorities told Dawn that more than 3,000 people, including children and women, had been hospitalised. They said the gastro patients were being treated at the emergency wards and provided with free of cost medicines.

Mukhtarullah, a former nazim of Union Council Sawni, said his area had been gripped by gastro which had killed six persons including a child. However, Executive District Officer (EDO) Health Dr Hidayat-ur-Rehman said four persons had died of the disease.

The EDO said the victims included little Sana and three women from Sharmai and Petawo banda. He brushed aside reports of cholera outbreak. “We sent a team of doctors and paramedics to Pitao Banda and Sharmai (villages of union council Sawni) to check up patients and analyse the situation,” the EDO said.

He said the team examined around 1,500 people but it did not find symptoms of cholera. Most of the people were affected by gastro, he added. Several areas in Barawal have also been hit by the disease. District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ghulam Mohammad visited Barawal hospital and directed the staff to take care of the patients and provide them free of cost free medicines.

He said if more medicines were needed, the administration would provide them to the hospital to ensure treatment. The gravity of the situation also brought Federal Minister for Safron Najmuddin Khan to the DHQ hospital. He visited the patients and directed the health authorities to ensure proper treatment.

The DHQ is the main health facility in the district of 700,000 population. The minister on the occasion termed the issue of lack of doctors in the hospital as a “serious problem.”

“We have been facing this situation for quite a long time and it is because of that no doctor is willing to come to Dir for being a remote area.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...paper/national/six-die-of-gastroenteritis-980
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

Pakistan Health Cluster
Floods in Pakistan
Bulletin No 15
29 August 2010
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MCOI-88SKRB/$File/full_report.pdf


-Excerpts-


Situation overview and current scale of disaster
? According to OCHA, 17.2 million people have been affected by the floods, with Pakistan officials stating number of affected could be upwards of 20 million. 1600 people have been reported killed and more than 2366 injured, while 1.2 million homes have been destroyed, as of 27 August. Floodwaters in Punjab are reportedly receding. Monsoon activity is expected to be subdued during next 3-4 days. Further OCHA information, go to: http://tinyurl.com/32n9rjj
Health impact
? Health needs remain great as relief efforts strive to cope with the scale of the challenges. Large numbers of peoplecontinue being treated for diarrhoeal disease cases, skin diseases, acute respiratory and increasingly, malaria.
? 402 of more than 1000 health facilities in flood-affected districts have been damaged or destroyed by the flooding.
? Latest epidemiological data released by WHO, as of 27 August, shows that on 26 August, 133,684 patients wererecorded as having been treated in flood affected districts. Of these consultations, 28,815 cases of skin diseases (22%
of total), 22,902 cases of acute respiratory infections (17%), 19,178 cases of acute diarrhoea (14%) and 7973 cases of suspected malaria (6%) were reported.
? In all, 3.7 million people are reported to have been treated from 29 July to, and including, 23 August. Of these, there were 500,635 cases of acute diarrhoea (13% of total consultations), 517,929 cases of acute respiratory infection (14% of total consultations), 693,114 cases of skin infections (19% of total consultations) and 94,186 cases of suspected malaria (3% of total consultations) were reported from flood-affected districts.
? The number of cases of suspected malaria is rising in Baluchistan and Sindh provinces compared to KPK and Punjab. During the last 24 hours, the number of cases reported from suspected malaria comprised 27% of patients?
consultations in both Baluchistan and Sindh provinces.

WHO's weekly disease surveillance document id as: http://www.whopak.org/idps/diseases_situation.asp#ds
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 130+.

12 washed away, 79 killed in Jaffarabad

QUETTA: Five flood victims, including four children and a woman, died of gastroenteritis in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan on Sunday pushing the number of deaths caused by gastro and other waterborne diseases in Jaffarabad and Nasirabad districts to 79. Dozens of flood victims suffering form gastroenteritis had been admitted to hospitals after an outbreak in Dera Murad Jamali, Gandakha, Dargah Fatahpur and Jhal Magsi. Meanwhile, floods washed away 12 people in Gandhaka early on Sunday. In a flood-related development, the Hairdin Drain Sim Canal developed a breach at Goth Muhammad Umar Khosa in Jaffarabad wreaking havoc in Goth Muhammad Umar Khosa, Goth Munir Ahmed Khosa, Goth Raheem Khan Khosa, Goth Mir Muhammad Khosa, Goth Khairwah, Goth Khairpur, Goth Jamal Bugti and other villages. app
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\30\story_30-8-2010_pg1_2
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 160+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 160+.

Gastro claims more lives in Pakistan
Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:26AM

Contaminated water has affected the life and health of flood-hit Pakistanis, claiming the lives of six more people, including one child, in the Upper Dir district.


At least six people have died in a gastroenteritis outbreak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, previously known as the Northwest Frontier Province, bringing the death toll from water-borne diseases to more than 80.

According to Pakistani health authorities, nearly 3,000 others have been hospitalized due to the outbreak brought on by the worst flooding in the nation's history -- a disaster which has claimed over 1,600 lives so far.

?Over the past three days Sajwal city and dozens of villages in the South have been deluged with the floods and 350 more villages have been submerged near the Indus River,? Hany el-Banna, head of the Islamic Relief Organization in Islamabad, told Press TV on Monday.

With 20 percent of the country under water for the past four weeks, the floods have already forced over a third of Sindh's 20 million residents to flee the area, he noted.

Though some 200,000 tents are currently available, Banna said that up to a million tents are now needed. He further added that between 700,000 and 800,000 people remain stranded in the very remote areas of the north where the weather is very cold.

Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in cash and relief supplies to help Pakistan respond to the floods, Banna said.

Meanwhile, Pakistani troops and rescue workers are trying to save the southern city of Thatta in Sindh province which is located in the path of the continuing flood.

RA/RZS/TG/HRF
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/140561.html
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 160+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 160+.

5 more children die of gastro in Kandhkot
Upadated on: 30 Aug 10 02:08 PM


Staff Report

KANDHKOT: Five more children have died of gastroenteritis in flood-hit Kandhkot, the death toll from gastroenteritis has reached 63 in District Kashmore, said sources Monday.

At least 63 people including 40 children have died of gastroenteritis in District Kashmore over the last 24 days. But no rescue or medical team has been sent yet.

According to rescue officials, over 30,000 people are affected by gastroenteritis, including children and women.

The increasing number of deaths from gastroenteritis is being blamed on unhygienic food, contaminated water and bad sanitary conditions at relief camps situated in flood-affected areas.

Kashmore district is the worst-hit area by the epidemic, at least 63 people have died due to the disease in the past weeks. Thousands of people have been affected with various skin and stomach diseases. They are admitted to private and government hospitals in the affected districts; hospitals are facing a shortage of medicines and doctors.

Several deaths caused by waterborne diseases such as gastroenteritis and cholera have been reported from the northwest and central parts of the country. SAMAA
http://www.samaa.tv/News24826-5_more_children_die_of_gastro_in_Kandhkot.aspx
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 160+.

Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 160+.

8 die from gastro in Dera Murad Jamali

QUETTA: At least eight people, including six children, suffering from gastroenteritis and other waterborne diseases have lost their lives during two days in Dera Murad Jamali while hundreds of affectees were being treated in hospitals and field hospitals by the Army Medical Corps.

According to sources, the epidemics broke out in Dera Murad Jamali and adjoining areas where a large number of affected people had taken shelter. More than 1.4 million people had been dislodged due to the floods and had no access to clean water, food and medical facilities. ?Three to four patients, including women and children, are dieing on a daily basis,? sources at a hospital told this scribe. He said that the flood affectees had been suffering from gastroenteritis and other waterborne diseases. According to sources, 85 people had lost their lives in Dera Murad Jamali since floods hit the area. mohammad zafar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\31\story_31-8-2010_pg7_30
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

Stomach diseases on rise in Muzaffargarh; 4 die of gastro
Updated at: 2016 PST, Monday, August 30, 2010
MUZAFFARGARH: Four persons including three young girls of a same family died of gastroenteritis in flood-affected areas of Muzaffargarh.

The three girls of a same family suffered from stomach related diseases and died as a result of not getting timely medical aid.

The parents said that soon after the girls contracted stomach related disease they took the girls to Rural Health Center Shah Jamal where no medical aid staff was present. So, timely medical treatment could not be provided to the girls and as a result all the three girls breathed their last there.

An 18-year old affectee of flood, resident of a locality called Jarh also died of gastro.

http://www.geo.tv/8-30-2010/70714.htm
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

3 die of gastro in District Ghotki
By Ramesh Raja & Mazhar Ahmed Siddiqui
DAHARKI/GHOTKI: Three including a woman namely Mst Nooran Gabol, Nadia Gabol and Naseema Kolachi died of gastroenteritis and several others were hospitalized in Khanpur Mahar and other hospitals on Monday.
According to reports, hundreds of patients of gastro and other diseases are being brought to the Civil Hospital Ghotki and other taluka headquarter hospitals.
According to locals, more than a dozen people most of them children and women have died of gastro in the past few weeks.
Residents of the area have demanded the high ups of the health department to take notice and take measures to save lives of the people.


http://regionaltimes.com/31aug2010/heartlandnews/3die.htm

Five more kids die of gastro in Kandhkot
Kandhkot?Death toll due to epidemics in flood hit areas of Sindh has climbed to 63 as five more children died of gastro in Kandhkot of Kashmore on Monday.

Sources said that at least 63 people with more than three dozens children have died of gastro in District Kashmore during last three weeks.

It is a matter of grave concern that despite massive lives losses no rescue or medical teams have been sent to the affected areas.Rescue officials claimed that move than 30,000 people including women and children were affected of gastro in District Kashmore.

The root cause of spread in epidemics and increase in deaths toll is unhygienic food, contaminated water and bad sanitary conditions at relief camps situated in the flood-affected areas.

Kashmore district is the worst-hit area by the gastro epidemic, where at least 63 people have died due to the disease in the past weeks. Thousands of people have been affected with various skin and stomach diseases. ?INP
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=49794
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

Gastroenteritis kills at least 16 in Sindh


SUKKUR: About 16 flood survivors, mostly minor children, died of gastroenteritis in different official and unofficial relief camps across the province and three died of flood related incidents on Tuesday.

Six minor children died of gastroenteritis in Sukkur relief camps and a girl died of snakebite. Snakes have invaded settled areas after losing their habitat in the wake flash floods.

Fayaz, 2, died of gastroenteritis in Ibrahim Leghari village, Gohar Khatoon, 6, died of gastroenteritis in a relief camp in Mirpur Mathelo, Ms Zubaida Ghulam Hussain Leghari village, one and a half-years-old Khushi in Wali Mohammad Korai village and Suhbat, 2, in Gullan Korai village died of the water-borne disease.

Nine-year-old Noori was bitten by a snake while playing outside her home in Ali Dino Mahar village near Mirpur Mathelo. She died before getting any medical help.

In Thull, Robina Jaffery, 4, Hameeda, 6, Mai Jadul, 55, Wali Mohammad, 5, and Haleema Jaffery died of gastroenteritis and in Khairpur, two children of IDPs living on sand dunes in Faiz Ganj taluka, Mohammad Sharei, 3, and Shah Dost, 2, died of gastroenteritis.

A lady doctor from Karachi who had set up a medical camp near Therhi told journalists that majority of IDPs children was suffering from gastroenteritis, diarrhea and malaria and women were mostly suffering from skin diseases.

She called for paying more attention to the IDPs health.

Saleh Rodhnani and Benazir Channa died of gastroenteritis in Johi town of Dadu district. Ms Moomal, 12, was electrocuted in Gozo town when she was trying to escape floodwaters. She touched a live wire when she tried to scale a wall and died on the spot.

Ms Zarina, 40 drowned in floodwaters in Sanghar village when she was trying to wade through untested waters to reach to safety on Suprio bund in Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka.

In Thatta, Mohammad Ali Brohi and his one and a half year old daughter died of gastroenteritis at a relief camp.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...teritis-kills-16-children-worst-sufferers-190
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

In post #33 above, over a dozen fatalities in the past three weeks were reported. This report below suggests a rapid deterioration of the situation.

At least 15 more people die of gastroenteritis

SUKKUR: At least 15 people, a majority of them children, have died of gastroenteritis in Jacobabad and Ghotki districts in the past 24 hours. Hundreds of patients are also admitted at various hospitals or are being treated at home.

In Thull, 10 people have died of gastroenteritis. The victims include three-year-old Robina, daughter of Abdul Jabbar Jaffery from Barrage Colony, three-year-old Insaf Ali and his two-year-old sister Hameeda, children of Ali Buksh Banglani.

They died at a relief camp near the Thull bypass.

The other victims are Arbab Khatoon, 50, and Muhammad Ismail Soomro, 70, both of who are residents of village Karim Buksh, Jan Muhammad, 50, Haleema Khatoon, 45, Ali Hassan Sondhro, 35, Jadul Khatoon, 55, and five-year-old Rehana.

The victims from Ghotki district include two-year-old Fayaz, son of Mehmood Leghari and resident of village Ibrahim Leghari, six-year-old Gohar Khatoon, daughter of Elahi Buksh Banglani and was living in the Labour Colony relief camp near Mirpur Mathelo, nine-year-old Nawazi, daughter of Jindal Mahar of village Ali Dino Mahar, four-year-old Zubaida, daughter of Ashiq Leghari of village Ghulam Hussain Leghari, two-year-old Khushi, daughter of Jawed Korai of village Wali Muhammad Korai and two-year-old Suhbat, son of Mujahid Korai.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 1st, 2010.


http://tribune.com.pk/story/45060/at-least-15-more-people-die-of-gastroenteritis/
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

Gastro death toll in Kashmore climbs to 65
Upadated on: 01 Sep 10 05:58 PM


Staff Report

KASHMORE: Three more persons, including two children, have died of gastroenteritis in District Kashmore, Sindh. In the last 26 days, 65 flood affected people, including women and children, lost their lives in this gastroenteritis afflicted district, SAMAA reported on Wednesday.

The recent floods have caused major problems for people. They are troubled with water filled towns and cities and are moving places with hopes to get refuge in some safe place.

Millions of flood affected people are deprived of basic facilities; they are compelled to live under open skies in the absence of proper shelters.

The lack of proper food and hygiene, especially clean drinking water, have multiplied their miseries; people of all ages, especially children in vast majority are under constant threat of being afflicted by various diseases.

Gastroenteritis is one of the major diseases which has caused hundreds of people to die all across the country; innumerable people, majority of them children, are endangered by the outbreak of this deadly disease in flood affected areas of Sindh and other parts of the country.

In district Kashmore of Sindh, many flood victims have already lost their lives; while in the latest spell, three more have died in Ghouspur and Tangwani (Kashmore).

According to a latest list, in the last 26 days, more than 65 people, including women and children, have died of gastroenteritis in Kashmore. SAMAA

http://www.samaa.tv/News24930-Gastro_death_toll_in_Kashmore_climbs_to_65_.aspx
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

2 more die of gastro
due to improper medical facilities at relief camps
By GR Gorar and Abdul
Ghaffar Khoso
LARKANA: Gastro on Wednesday claimed two more lives in Larkana and its adjoining areas. According to details, Arbab Khatoon w/o Ali Muhammad Chandio died in a relief camp due to improper medical facilities, while Muhammad Bux Khaskheli, resident of Tehsil Qubo Saeed Khan passed away in another relief camp at Larkana. The health officials told media men that the major cause behind the outbreak of gastro and other waterborne diseases is the provision of unhygienic food to the flood affectees.
Demo staged against prolonged power outages
A protest demonstration was staged by the leaders of different political, social and religious parties against the HESCO authorities for continuing several hours of unannounced load shedding on Wednesday.
Addressing on the occasion, the leaders said that the process of 11 to 12 hours of unannounced load shedding is continuing in the region during the holy month of Ramzan due to which they are facing many hardships. The concerned authorities despite their several complaints have not taken any step in the matter, they added.
On the occasion, the protestors demanded of the high-ups to take notice of the matter to provide relief to them, otherwise they have threatened to accelerate their protest level.
MQM MPA
Hurgandas distributes relief goods
MQM MPA Hurgandas visited Hindu Dharmshalla and distributed relief goods amongst the flood affected people of Jacobabad, Kandhkot, Kashmore, Garhi Khero, Shahdadkot and other places, who are living in relief camps. MPA Hurgandas assured the flood affectees that MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has directed all MQM leaders, workers to help the marooned people in this difficult time.
On the occasion, Zonal In-charge Ubaid Buledi, General Hindu Panchayat leaders including Parmanand, Dr Suresh Kumar and others were also present.
2 girls drown in Larkana
Two flood affected girls namely Sabra Chandio, 8 and Soonhan, 7 and Babra fell in Rice Canal on Wednesday. The area people managed to rescue Babra, while two other girls drowned. The dead body of Sabra was fished out, while efforts were underway to find the dead body of Soonhan

http://regionaltimes.com/02sep2010/heartlandnews/2more.htm

5 including 3 children died of Gastro in Kashmor
Submitted 56 mins ago

Five more people including three minor children died of gastro disease as gastro broken out in Kashmor after flood. As per details, at least one person and three children died in Kashmor, district of Sindh while a minor child (2) died in Goth Yarodahry raising the death toll of gastro from 75.
It is relevant to mention here that high flood in Sindh caused water born diseases specially gastro. Jaffarabad, district of Balochistan is highly affected with gastro where at least 45 people have become victim of gastro.
There is dire need to take notice of the situation and take steps to control gastro.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-n...ncluding-3-children-died-of-Gastro-in-Kashmor
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

478 medical camps, 163 mobile teams for flood victims

?Sindh health dept treated over 0.9 million patients?

By Amar Guriro

KARACHI: Sindh Health Department Special Secretary Capt Dr Abdul Majid on Thursday said his department has established 478 fixed medical camps in the flood relief camps in Sindh and 163 mobile teams to provide necessary medical facilities.

These camps and mobile teams have 3,416 doctors, 10,000 paramedics and 300 nurses, he said at a press briefing.

A majority of the 7 million flood victims are suffering from complex health problems, due to the standing water, lack of potable water and poor hygienic conditions further worsened because of the unavailability of toilets in relief camps.

Quoting the official data, he said his department has so far treated 908,789 persons, adding that diarrhoea and gastroenteritis topped the list with 200,000 persons including women and children suffering due to the unavailability of safe drinking water and poor hygienic conditions.

Giving the details, Dr Majid said that 143,503 persons were suffering from chest infections; 104,975 from malaria; 144,733 from skin diseases; 3,571 of sun stroke and 64,531 were patients of viral conjunctivitis.

?Until Thursday 67 deaths were reported out of which at least 34 deaths were due to gastroenteritis, 4 due to fever and two because of snake bites. Whereas two children died of diarrhoea, and four people drowned in the water,? said Dr Majid.
He said that besides his department, some medical experts from Bangladesh, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey and United Arab Emirates (UAE) were also helping the flood victims.

On a question he said that in the past three weeks, 297 pregnant women delivered babies at the relief camps in 16 districts, adding his department was trying to cover all the flood victims.

Due to the flood 99 healthcare facilities including three Taluka hospitals, 50 Basic Health Units (BHUs) and 46 dispensaries were demolished, he said.

On a question Dr Majid admitted the health department lacked specialists for different diseases, and that the NGOs and donors working in the province were not providing data to the department.

He said that his department has made a condition that all those registered for post-graduation would not be given degrees if they do not work in the flood-hit districts.

?We have cancelled the registration of 15 doctors registered for post graduation in different districts, as they refused to work in the flood-hit areas,? he disclosed.

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Sindh estimations issued on Thursday state that the floods forced seven million people in Sindh alone to leave their homes.

The authority further states that around 3,200 official relief camps have been set up by the district and provincial governments, Pakistan Army, Rangers, Pakistan Navy and international donors, whereas at least 4,000 camps were unofficially established in all 23 districts of the province.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\09\03\story_3-9-2010_pg12_8
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

Pakistan: Sukkur Railway Hospital
Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:35

One month on from the start of the severe flooding which has devastated large areas of Pakistan, Ray Colgan reports from Sindh province as aid agencies struggle to contend with the scale of the disaster.


Sukkur - 2 September



From the outset, the authorities and aid agencies here were worried about the spread of diseases among those made homeless by the floods.

They were right.

Initially, three people tested positive for cholera. It is contracted by ingesting food or water contaminated by the bacterium vitriol cholera.

Its symptoms are watery diarrhoea and severe dehydration. Untreated, it can be fatal.

Three positive cases might not sound like that much. But they only tested five people. Based on that sample, they know there must be many more cases out there.

To make matters worse, with so many people packed into camps or living rough in unsanitary conditions, it is a disease that could spread rapidly.

In Sukkur's Railway Hospital, they've been treating people showing signs of flood related malnutrition for days. Now, they're seeing cases of cholera.



A paediatrician has been brought to the hospital to oversee its response. He makes it clear that they're preparing for the worst.

The government has yet to officially say it is an epidemic. We're shown into the hospital's cholera ward. The doctor has explained that they have no laboratory to carry out tests.

But doctors to not have the luxury of trying to distinguish cholera patients from those with severe diarrhoea.

Based on the test results, treating everyone for cholera means getting it right 60% of the time.

Ray Colgan

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0902/pakistancolgan1.html
 
Re: Pakistan: Waterborne diseases - 1,300 suspected cholera cases in Hangu, gastro deaths 200+.

4 die of gastro in relief camps in Larkana
By GR Gorar and
Abdul Ghaffar Khoso
LARKANA: Gastro continues to play havoc in relief camps set up by the Larkana Administration in different areas, claiming more 4 lives on Thursday.
According to details, 14-year-old Naheed D/o Rasool Bux Buledi died of gastro in relief camp of Latif Colony, while a 50-year-old Nakas Lashari and Jadul residents of Gaji Khuhawar were also died of gastro in relief camps
Meanwhile, a man identified as Fatah Dino Mallah died of gastro in CMC Hospital.
Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto assures provision of financial assistance to flood affectees before Eid
Provincial Minister for Women?s and Development, Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto visited relief camp at Municipal Stadium Larkana and distributed relief goods and Eid clothes amongst the flood victims on Thursday.
Addressing on the occasion, Madame Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto said that the present government will leave no stone unturned to rehabilitate the flood affected people. She said that the government is committed to provide relief to flood affected on priority basis and in this regard all available resources are being utilized. The Provincial Minister assured that before Eid, the victims will be provided financial assistance.

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PML-N leaders distribute relief goods amongst flood affectees
Relief goods sent by Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif for 5,000 families were distributed amongst the flood effectees on Thursday.
On the occasion, Chief Organizer PML-N, Saleem Zia Provincial Organizing Committee Syed Hafeezuddin, Babu Sarfraz Jatoi and others visited different relief camps including Jinnah Bagh, Pakistani Chowk and others and distributed relief goods amongst the flood effectees.
Talking to the flood affectees, the PML- N leaders said that PML-N stands with poor people in critical condition.

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Man electrocuted in a relief camp
A man identified as Sachal Mallah, resident of Warah was electrocuted in a relief camp on Thursday.
The body of the deceased was handed over to his heirs after conducting an autopsy from a local hospital.

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