Malaria cases have massively increased among children of flood-hit families in Sindh's Larkana city. The malaria epidemic intensified among children of flood affectees in Larkana as 170 children lost their lives during treatment in the month of August. More than 110,000 children have been brought to the children's hospital in Larkana in August. After failing to get proper medical assistance in public hospitals, the parents of 250 children shifted them to private hospitals. According to the monthly report, 30,000 ailing children were admitted to the children's hospital in August. Malaria and dengue cases are continuously increasing in the flood-hit parts of Sindh, as well as post-rain conditions have also intensified the rise of mosquito-borne diseases in the provincial capital.

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