The outbreak of gastroenteritis after heavy rainfall in most parts of Sindh, including Khairpur caused number of deaths including children.

According to the reports, two children died due to the gastro disease in the camp in Kairpur’s Faiz Gunj area on Tuesday.

The battered people are now facing an even worse ordeal, the outbreak of waterborne and other diseases.

Khairpur is located approximately 450 kilometers from Karachi and is known as the “world’s largest date-producing district.”

The Sindh Health Department confirmed in a statement that over 170,000 people, including 52,000 suffering from diarrhea, have been recorded from flood-affected areas of the province. It added that 72 snake-bite cases have also been reported.

The massive floods have not spared even major highways, hampering the transportation of relief goods to affected areas, particularly those in remote ones.

Health experts have made a passionate appeal to the government and NGOs to send medical equipment and medicines to flood-stricken areas “immediately,” warning that the diseases may kill more people than done by rains and floods.

Meanwhile, the Health and Population Welfare Department Sindh in a tweet said that health camps had been set up in the flood-affected areas of the province.

The outbreak of infectious diseases is common in big cities of Sindh, especially after every monsoon season, due to the lack of proper sanitation and sewerage disposal systems