August 16, 2010 4:59 PM

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Gastroenteritis outbreak in Pak claims 15 lives

In Pakistan, at least 15 people died due to outbreak of gastroenteritis disease today at a hospital in northwestern Dera Ismail Khan, which has been severely hit by floods. The waterborne gastroenteritis killed several dozen people last week as more cases have also been reported elsewhere across the flood-plagued country.Over two weeks of heavy rains and floods have so far killed over 1,400 people, displaced 20 million people and destroyed some 700,000 homes in Pakistan which is experiencing worst floods in its history. The World Health Organization has reported a case of fatal cholera disease over the weekend in Pakistan. It has estimated that some 36,000 people have been affected by breakout of cholera in the country, which is entangled with waterborne diseases while it is still facing the ravaging floods and monsoon rains.

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