At least four people, including women and children, have died in Sheedi Goth, a village in District Malir, where a cholera outbreak has been reported due to mass consumption of highly contaminated water, health officials and public representatives said.
“So far, four people have died in Sheedi Goth where over 400 people fell sick due to consumption of highly contaminated water. Sewage-mixed water is being supplied to this area for a long time, which resulted in deaths due to cholera while hundreds also fell sick, many of whom are under treatment at different hospitals of the city.”
Meanwhile, the Sindh health department acknowledged that only a 42-year old woman had died due to acute watery diarrhoea in Sheedi Goth in Malir where so far three lab-confirmed cases of cholera had been reported.
“On 28th June 2023, health department surveillance matrix received reports of outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in Sheedi Village District Malir (Population: 25,000 souls).
A large number of patients rushed to Memon Goth Basic Health Unit where they were provided due management and tested for Vibrio Cholera. On first day they had 15 cases. The number increased to 60 on third day with one death of 42 years old female Naseema,” a report of the Sindh Directorate General of Health said.
The report read that of the seven suspected persons suffering from cholera, three had positive testing for the organism.
Medical teams rushed to the affected locality, had active search for more patients, provided treatment to the residents along water purifying tablets, ORS and other drugs, while critically-ill patients were shifted to nearby hospitals.
