Water-borne diseases have killed six people in Khairpur in the past 24 hours — five of them were children under the age of eight, a private TV reported on Sunday.
In Khairpur’s Kot Digi, two girls, Asifa 8 and Wakila 2, died of Malaria while in Thari Mirwah gastro claimed a three-year-old girl’s life.
Three more people have died of gastroenteritis, including two children and one woman in Faizganj.
No measures have been taken so far against malaria and gastro diseases.
The survivors present a gloomy picture for they lack facilities and health care amid a lack of medical camps in their areas.
It should be noted that at least 30,000 people in 70 villages of the Khairpur district were still marooned on small patches of land.
In Sukkur’s tehsil of Saleh Pat, a large number of survivors face water-borne diseases. Deputy Inspector General of Police Javes Jiskani was appalled at the situation while touring a flood relief camp. He moved some of the patients in his vehicles to hospitals.
In Matiari district, near Hyderabad, at least 20 villages along the Rohri Canal remain submerged in floodwater.
