- Government hospitals across Punjab are filled with typhoid patients. Community health officials, take notice.
- Typhoid fever is caused by the Salmonella bacteria which has been a human pathogen for thousands of years. Typhoid fever in its early stages is amenable to medical treatment but when left untreated the typhoid bug attacks the intestine causing it to tear, making it a surgical emergency. Every day, patients with typhoid-induced intestinal perforations are treated in operation theatres across Pakistan.
- Why do we have such a towering typhoid patient population? The bug responsible for typhoid fever thrives in conditions like improper sanitation, unclean drinking water, poor hygiene, overcrowding and social chaos — all of which are widespread in our developing society.
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