Sindh flood camps welcome 10 more newborns- Health ministry
- By Web Desk -
- Oct 08, 2022
KARACHI: Flood relief camps set up across Sindh have welcomed 10 more newborns in the last 24 hours, health ministry sources told, ARY News reported.
The total number of babies born in flood-relief camps has gone up to 3837.
According to the provincial health ministry, 10 babies were born in flood-relief camps in the last 24 hours, while there are 9457 more pregnant women in the camps.
Out of the 9475 expecting women, 2022 are in the first trimester of the pregnancy, 3965 in the second, and 2517 are in their third trimester, health ministry sources told.
While 953 women are full-term pregnant.
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Furthermore, 7,974 pregnant women are Tetanus and Tetanus and adult diphtheria vaccinated while 7,842 women underwent medical check-ups.
Earlier this month, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho shared alarming statistics of women affected by the unprecedented floods, saying at least 47,000 women were pregnant in shelter camps in the province.