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Pakistan: Flood victims forced to stay under open sky

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 04 Sep 2022

Pakistan: Flood victims forced to stay under open sky

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Karachi: A large number of flood-hit victims in Pakistan are forced to live under the open sky and dealing with troubles like  hunger and disease.

According to the latest July-Sept health department data, 660,120 have reported various illnesses at government-run medical camps in flood-affected areas since July, reports Dawn News.

The stats show that skin ailments and diarrhoeal diseases are rampant in flood-affected areas — a total of 149,551 reported with diarrheal diseases while 142,739 people reported with skin infections.

The officials recorded 132,485 cases of acute respiratory disease, 49,420 cases of suspected malaria, 101 cases of snake-bite and 550 cases of dog-bite.