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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Syed Raza Hassan

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water borne illnesses spread - What They Never Told You

Naveed Ahmed, 30, a doctor, gives medical assistance to flood-affected girl Hameeda, 15, suffering from malaria at Sayed Abdullah Shah Institute of Medical Sciences in Sehwan, Pakistan September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is overwhelmed.

On a recent visit, Reuters witnessed hundreds of people crammed into rooms and corridors, desperately seeking treatment for malaria and other illnesses that are spreading fast after the country's worst floods in decades.

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