BANNU: The number of registered internally displaced people (IDPs) from North Waziristan Agency reached 910,040 on Saturday, according to the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA).
Almost half of that number, mostly children and women, face serious health hazards due to poor hygienic conditions, in addition to severe hot weather which has increased ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection), gastro infections, skin and other water borne diseases.
As the registration of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) continued for the sixth day in Peshawar, 4,500 people were added to the list, which according to the FDMA has reached to 80,122 families, among them 235,499 are male and 261,734 are female, and the rest 393,636 are children who are faced with sever health hazards and ailments.
Hundreds of patients mostly children, women and elderly tribesmen are arriving at hospitals with gastroenteritis, ARI infections and diarrhea infections but further, the hospital conditions and facilities are inadequate to cope with the situation.
Many of the IDPS are complaining that the children are the most affected as many of them are malnourished as well.
Living in highly unhygienic conditions has multiplied their problems and the infection ratio is very high due to poor sanitation.
