BADIN - Flood victims including children and women are becoming more vulnerable to health issues as thousands of people are suffering from infectious and water-borne diseases in flood-hit areas of the district while the death toll due to flood has surpassed 25, says the government data.
While the hype of different diseases including gastro, malaria, diarrhoea, cholera and other diseases are prevalent in the district the dengue virus is also active there.
According to reports, the flood has played havoc for thousands of people of the different union councils including Peer Fateh Shah, Abdullah Shah, Nindo, Dai Jarkas, Oliya Jarkas, Peer Bodlu, Saman Sarkar, Malkani, Ahmed Rajo.
Majority of the people of different areas have left their villages and settled in relief camps and others safer areas as their villages were inundated with flood water.
According to official reports, a total of 13,060 gastro cases, 3,632 skin diseases, 5,111 malaria cases and 30 dengue cases have been reported in the district.
The health department Badin with the collaboration of district administration is conducting fogging spray, larviciding and awareness sessions. Even more than 264 free medical mobile camps were arranged and 550 health sessions have been conducted by the district health department.
