The constant rains and furious floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have already destroyed a large part of the infrastructure and agricultural lands, including hundreds of houses, roads and bridges, and they have dragged cattle.
The abused locals now face a terrible experience even worse, the outbreak of diseases transmitted by water and other diseases, in addition to psychological trauma.
The expected outbreak has led to the government’s health authorities and non -governmental aid organizations to establish improvised clinics and medical camps, mainly in KP, to deal with the massive outbreaks of several diseases transmitted by water and skin.
The rains and accidents related to floods have already killed more than 400 people throughout the province since August 15, according to the Provincial Authority of Disaster Management.
“The situation after floods is even more dangerous since the stalking threat of outbreak can kill more people than floods,” warned Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Shoro, general secretary of the Medical Association of Pakistan, a body of medical professionals nationwide.
Talking with AnadoluShoro requested an immediate “prevention plan” that implies the provision of basic health needs, including drinking water and clean hygiene, to mitigate the danger.
“Taking into account the given hygiene conditions, we cannot completely contain the outbreak and possible deaths, but an intelligent prevention plan can reduce the volume of a secondary disaster to a large extent,” he said.
Dr. Mohammad Zahid Latif, head of the Health Division of the Al-Khidmat Foundation, said that diseases transmitted by water and skin are already increasing in the areas affected by floods.
“Thousands of people, mainly children, have arrived with diarrhea, gastroenteritis, dengue, malaria and skin problems. Thousands more [with similar complaints] They are still stranded on the outskirts due to the blockade of roads and bridge washing, ”he said Anadolu.
The reproductive and mental health requirements are another important problem, with which the affected population is fighting, Latif said.
“Many affected people have been brought to us with severe trauma and stress disorder due to the disaster that have passed,” he said, fearing that physical pain and injuries will heal in weeks or months, but mental trauma will take a long time to disappear.
Supporting the opinion, Ataullah Khan, spokesman for the KP Department of Health, said the government had already taken measures to contain the problem.
“In addition to communicable diseases, people also face trauma and acute stress disorder. To handle the problem, the provincial government has sent trained psychiatrists to the areas affected by floods in collaboration with psychiatrist associations,” Khan told Khan Anadolu.
