Flood, rains render two million people sick in Sindh

ISLAMABAD: Spokesman of National Disaster Management Authority, Irshad Bhatti has said that two million people have fallen ill since monsoon rains and flood lashed Sindh.

While talking to a private news channel he said that more than 350 people have been killed and over eight million people have been affected this year by floods.

Malaria, diarrhea, skin diseases and snake bites are among the most common health problems facing two million people across 23 districts of the Sindh, he said.

In some areas, diseases also spread out because of dead animals but there is no major break-out of any epidemic, Bhatti said and called for the donation of mosquito nets and medicines to help the affectees.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011