Drought Hit in Thar Legend Outbreak of Waterborne Diseases (as of Jan 09, 2016) G Basic Health Unit 33 children die after outbreak Government & Private Health Facility ÷Ó Children Hospital of disease in drought-hit Thar Health Facility Government Private Total Basic Health Unit 21 0 21 G Dispensary More than 200 ailing children, meanwhile, have been Sanghar Children Hospital 0 1 1 "' District Headquarter Hospital admitted to different hospitals in the drought-hit Thar district Dispensary 12 0 12 District Headquarter Hospital 1 0 1 ÷Ó Family Welfare Centre Family Welfare Center 3 0 3 Hospitals are facing a shortage of doctors. Only 298 doctors K" General Hospital are available, which includes child specialists and female General Hospitals 1 3 4 doctors. Meanwhile, over 215 dispensaries remain General Physician 0 14 14 G General Physician non-functional in Thar's remote villages Maternity Home 0 3 3 Medical Stores 0 2 2 Õ Medical Stores MITHI: At least six more children lost their lives in the drought-hit Thar desert on Saturday, raising the death toll to "K Rural Health Center 3 0 3 "' 33 this month, while more that 200 children have been admitted to several hospitals of the district for treatment. Rural Health Centre HOSPITAL Specialist 0 1 1 Three children died in a remote village of Diplo taluka before they could be taken to hospital, while another lost his OF MIR (! life at Civil Hospital Mithi.Earlier, deaths of children were reported from Nagarparkar, Mithi, Islamkot and Diplo. HASSAN Tehsil Headquarter Hospital 1 0 1 Specialist Provincial food minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, who is also a member of the committee formed on Thursday by Veterinary 0 2 2 Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to look into the situation, has been in Mithi town to visit the admitted Dahli "' Tehsil Headquarter Hospital children.Talking to local journalists at the Deputy Commissioner's office, he claimed that the Sindh government was Total 42 26 68 "fully committed to provide maximum facilities" in the health units of the drought-hit desert.Nasir Shah admitted that !_ Veterinary there was a drought-like situation but considered the media's portrayal of the situation as "alarming" an exaggeration. Road The Thar region of Sindh, which has climatic and ecological conditions similar to the Indian state of Rajasthan’s "' portion of Thar, faces severe droughts for two to three years in every 10-year cycle. Tehsil Boundary He expressed grief over the death of children and said that hospitals and health units would be given "top priority" RHC by the five-member committee formed by Sindh government. Umerkot KHEENSAR Nasir Shah also directed officials of the revenue department to suspend the ongoing collection of agriculture taxes Creation Date: Jan 09, 2016 from farmers and reimburse any taxes collected from them in recent days. Projection/Datum: WGS 84 Geographic After receiving a detailed report from DC Tharparkar, the provincial minister said he would ask Qaim Ali Shah to Page Size: A3 declare Thar as drought-hit area and announce a relief package for the affected population, along with the G ¯ MITHRIO monetary compensation for the heirs of the dying children. Nasir Shah said he was looking into the matter and 0 25 50 constantly receiving feedback from government officials. He said that all announcements made by the Sindh chief SOTHER minister would "immediately be implemented".Furthermore, he said that the Thar Development Authority, G DISPENSARY I N D I A Kilometers envisaged and drafted by the Sindh government earlier after the deaths of the children in 2014, would be formed BHU G 0 soon to develop proper infrastructure and civic facilities in the district and improve living standards of KANKIO RATAN JO TAR DISPENSARY 30 residents.MNA Fakeer Sher Mohammad Bilalani, MPA Dr Mehesh Kumar Malani, Adviser to CM Inayat Rahimoon "' 330 and other PPP officials were also present during the briefing.However, members of Pakistan Muslim League- RHC Nawaz (PML-N) and Thar Ittehad were not invited to the meeting by the local administration. 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