NAWABSHAH: Like many other parts of interior Sindh, hundreds of people here are also suffering from the waterborne disease of gastroenteritis.
According to reports, some 250 patients, most of them minors, were admitted at Nawabshah Medical College Hospital during last 24-hours. The emergency, children and medical wards of NMCH were jam-packed with patients.
As a large number of minors were hospitalised two or three children were seen sharing a single bed. The attendants said their patients had been facing hardships in treatment, as medicines in required quantity were not available at the hospital. Similarly, gastroenteritis patients were also seen in scores at private clinics.
The hospital officials said a number of patients were suffering from waterborne diseases, due to contaminated water. Dr. Ehsan Ali of Emergency Ward said gastro-hit patients were still reporting at the hospital. On the other hand unannounced load shedding by the WAPDA in very hot weather further added to the miseries of people.—Agency