Rawalpindi: The incidences of water and food-borne diseases including gastroenteritis, viral hepatitis (A&E), typhoid and paratyphoid fever and dysentery along with a number of other monsoon related health threats are on the rise since the setting-in of hot and humid weather in this region of the country.
Data collected by The News has revealed that not less than 10000 patients with water and food-borne diseases are reporting at the allied hospitals and PIMS every week and experts believe that the burden may increase if effective prevention and control measures are not adopted seriously both at community and individual levels.
According to estimates, almost every fifth patient reaching public sector healthcare facilities is with water or food-borne infection.