Heat wave: 191 gastroenteritis patients reported

No acute watery diarrhoea case was reported.

MULTAN: Over 191 patients complaining of symptoms of gastroenteritis were admitted to public hospitals in Multan on Thursday. Of these, 94 gastro cases were brought to Nishtar Medical Institute and 82 were admitted at Children Complex. As many as 9 patients were reported at Civil Hospital and six went to Fatima Jinnah Hospital for Women.  As many as 115 patients were discharged and no acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) case was reported.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 11^th, 2014.