Malnutrition claims lives of three more infants as death toll reaches 46 in Mithi
Pakistan
According to MS Civil Hospital Mithi, the three children who died in the last 24 hours were less than one year old
MITHI (Dunya News) – Three more infants died due to malnourishment and different aliments after scarcity of food, taking toll to 46 in the current month.
In the last three weeks, 46 infants have died due to malnutrition and various diseases the district headquarters of Tharparkar, with 70 children still undergoing treatment.
According to MS Civil Hospital Mithi, the three children who died in the last 24 hours were less than one year old.
Due to cold and malnutrition, these children under weight and suffered from various diseases, he said.
He added that the children's ward of the hospital has a capacity of 70, while 76 children suffering from cold and other illnesses are currently being treated there.
Additionally, parents of sick children say that there is a severe lack of medical facilities in the hospital's pediatric intensive care ward, demanding the Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah to provide them with better health and medical facilities.
