MATIARI:

Four more children aged one to 13 died of gastrointestinal infection disease commonly known as gastro in Matiari district on Thursday.

Matiari District Headquarters Hospital sources said that the children were brought with severe stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.

District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Vinod said the death toll due to gastro has reached to nine in the district during the past two months. Moreover, 50 more patients suffering from the waterborne were brought to different hospitals across the district.

The total number of gastro patients in different hospitals has reached around 350, Dr Viono said.

Kotri District Health Officer Dr Barkat Laghari told Daily Express that 60 to 70 patients suffering from gastro were visiting the hospital daily, among whom, the patients with worse condition are being admitting in the hospital.