Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Pneumonia claims at least 20 young lives in Upper Dir
DAWN.COM and Zahir Shah Sherazi | 18 hours ago 0
UPPER DIR: Seasonal Pneumonia in remote villages of Upper Dir District has left at least 20 children dead in the last two weeks, prompting emergency teams from the World Health Organisation to be dispatched to the areas to cope with the epidemic.
Local villagers told Dawn.Com that the Thall, Komrat and Lamoti areas of Union Council Kalkot have been the worst hit and scores of children have died in the village and the surrounding hilly cluster.
According to the locals, some families have even lost more than child as a result of the fast-spreading virus.
A resident of Thall told Dawn.Com that announcements had been made on loudspeakers in mosques that all children with symptoms of the disease should be shifted to local hospitals and Basic Health Units.
Another resident Aurangzeb Khan said that scores of children who died because of the ?cold? may have succumbed to pneumonia which went undet[ect]ed.
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http://dawn.com/2013/01/23/pneumonia-claims-at-least-20-young-lives-in-upper-dir/
DAWN.COM and Zahir Shah Sherazi | 18 hours ago 0
UPPER DIR: Seasonal Pneumonia in remote villages of Upper Dir District has left at least 20 children dead in the last two weeks, prompting emergency teams from the World Health Organisation to be dispatched to the areas to cope with the epidemic.
Local villagers told Dawn.Com that the Thall, Komrat and Lamoti areas of Union Council Kalkot have been the worst hit and scores of children have died in the village and the surrounding hilly cluster.
According to the locals, some families have even lost more than child as a result of the fast-spreading virus.
A resident of Thall told Dawn.Com that announcements had been made on loudspeakers in mosques that all children with symptoms of the disease should be shifted to local hospitals and Basic Health Units.
Another resident Aurangzeb Khan said that scores of children who died because of the ?cold? may have succumbed to pneumonia which went undet[ect]ed.
...
http://dawn.com/2013/01/23/pneumonia-claims-at-least-20-young-lives-in-upper-dir/