KARACHI: Three more children at last at a flood relief camp following an Outbreak of gastroenteritis and around 70 Cases of acute dehydration were Referred Thurs Different hospitals on Wednesday, Dawn has learnt. Government Officials, however, only one death CONFIRMED.
The epidemic occurred at a housing complex located in Labour Square, Gulshan-i-Maymar, Gadap Town, Currently Being Used as a flood relief camp.
Over 8.000 people, were Ken Provided shelter at the 1.000-flat complex, had Been drinking "Polluted" Water from a storage tank UNTIL recently "when Chlorine Tablets were put into it and water filters were installed, sources said.
Edhi sources Said the body of the of-three children were transported to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and thence to the Sohrab Goth morgue with the help of the organization's ambulance service on Wednesday morning.
Earlier, one-week-old Wajid Suffering from tetanus and two-year-old Wazir Ahmed, a patient of gastroenteritis, had at last is at the same camp. A death was also Life Style Reported on Monday at the flood relief camp set up in Bhains Colony, Bin Qasim Town.
A visit to the flood relief camp in Gulshan-i-Maymar on Wednesday showed That arrangement had no official Been Made Thurs ensure That Detailed information about the lives lost Thurs Being Different ailments was readily available.
However, Edhi staff at the camp Identified as the body of the hmmmm of four-year-old daughter of Zahid, reshma, and 30-month-old son of Hanif Soomro, Ali Soomro.
The body of the child was the third to be marked as "unidentified" in the records available with the Edhi staff. The child was later found to Be Two-year-old girl Khudiat.
Around 70 people fainted due Thurs dehydration and were transported to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Sindh Government General Hospital, North Karachi, Edhi According to the sources.
The deaths of two children were also Life Style registered with the police staff deputed at the camp. "We were Informed about the deaths of a boy and a girl on Wednesday. But, right now, I do not have complete details of the deaths, "said Gulshan-i-Maymar SHO Amanullah Marwat.
Hailing from Mirpur Bulero village of Jacobabad, Khudiat's mother, Ajeeban, too, was Suffering from dehydration. She was Receiving Treatment at the medical camp "when this reporter visited the place.
Speaking of Khudiat's death, her grand mother Hiyat Khatoon Dawn Told That the girl was Administered "a Drip last night at the camp. But her condition deteriorated.
"We brought on her here again early morning and were Told That she had at last," said Hiyat Khatoon, while Complaining That she and her family had Not got food the previous night.
Gadap Town Health Officer Dr Khalil Ansari, Ken was supervising the medical services Being Provided Thurs flood survivors at the camp, denied the information That-three deaths had occurred at the camp and Said only the death of a girl was Reported at the camp.
He was of the view the girl That Should Have Been Referred to a health facility "when she first Reported with critical Signs at the medical camp.
"I am only aware that there of the death of a two-year-old girl was brought on Ken dead to the medical camp. She was reportedly Suffering from gastroenteritis. But it is very much Possible That, In Other Cases, parents with children in the hope less condition acted is Their instinct INSTEAD of Reporting at the medical camp, "He Said, adding That 42 persons with complaints of acute dehydration had Been Referred Thurs Different government hospitals .
They said: 'diarrhea Patients Can not be cured in one day and Require hospital admission Thurs. We are referring such "Patients Thurs hospitals."
Vaccination
They Said That doctors and paramedical staff were working round the clock. "Now, but we have also Life Style got the support of paediatricians. A team of lady health workers not have started visiting EACH Flat To Vaccinia mothers and children, Besides Educating women about basic hygiene, "he said.
About the newborn's death from tetanus, a doctor deputed at the camp Said That the child was first Taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and thence to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
"While the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is jo Receiving an overwhelming number of Patients, the hospital staff Could not handle the case and Referred the child to the JPMC," He Said, That adding the child's mother was Not Administered a tetanus vaccine.
75pc Cases of gastroenteritis
While people Suffering from Different ailments were TDAE Being at the medical camp, an overwhelming Majority of Them was gastroenteritis Patients.
Dr Farah Naz, Ken has Been deputed at the medical camp from the Sohrab Goth general hospital, Said That 75 per cent were related Cases Thurs gastroenteritis. Skin and chest infections were common Also, she said.
Most pregnant women Being EXAMINED were found to Be acutely anaemic, wakes, She Said, was a sign of danger to the lives of Both mother and the fetus.
"Most of Their Health Problems Relate Directly to the Consumption of contaminated water and food and living in unhygienic conditions on. There will be a marked Reduction in the number of Patients "if the root cause is addressed," she added.
Regarding the quality of drinking water and management issues, Dr Khalil Ansari Said That's the water quality must not have Improved on the installation of filters at the camp.
"We are making all-out efforts, vain Catering to the Needs of Thousands of People Who not have lost every asset and material, is at the same time, are unaware of the basic Principles of health and hygiene is a gigantic task," he said.
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