Sindh rain, flood: government provides health facilities to about 60,000 people

The Sindh government has provided health facilities to near about 60,000 people so far at rain and flood emergency camps all over the province. Officials in the Sindh Health Department told Business Recorder here on Thursday that about 285 emergency camps were established at various places of the province.
Out of them 195 were fixed-camps and remaining 90 were mobile-camps. The Sindh rain flood emergency plan was fully executed and no major outbreak was reported from any part of Sindh.
They said that only in Thatta district 20,448 people were given health facility in 23 camps while in other districts where people were provided treatment are: Badin 11,776; Larkana 6,102; Ghotki 5,503; Mirpurkhas 4,828; Jamshoro 3,596; Omerkot 1,657; Kashmore & Kandhkot 930; Sukkur 598; Dadu 455; Nawabshah 379; Sanghar 272; Tando Muhammad Khan 125; Kambar & Shadadkot 110; Matiari 04.
The officials said that the recent monsoon showers were recorded more than expectations and then floods added to misery of people but the health workers of the Sindh government with the help of Pakistan Army prevented any major outbreak.
The official said that the district officers and medical superintendents from all hospitals in the province ware found busy to manage outbreaks of rain and flood diseases. The officials said the specific diseases during rains were rabies, diarrhoea, fever, skin infection, dysentery, gastro-enteritis, boils, cholera, malaria, wound injuries and heat strokes.
The provincial government ensured the availability of necessary medicine in all districts and arranged logistics for those far-flung areas, which are cut off during flooding times to avoid any disease. All hospitals in the province were put on high alert and health officials were available during all these times. The co-ordination among the health officials was made perfect that enabled them to communicate in a better way.
About five people were killed in the rains and flood and most of them died due to snakebite. Snakebite cases were common after the rains in Sindh and at least two deaths were confirmed at Larkana and Jamshoro, they said and added that 145 cases of snakebite were reported in Badin.
The health officials said that huge quantity of medicine for water-born diseases were provided to all camps. They also said that a stock of 11,503 for anti-snakebite vaccines and 1,824 anti-rabies vaccines were available with the Sindh health department.