March 16, 2003	Sunday	Muharram 12, 1424

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KHAIRPUR, March 15: An outbreak of the skin disease Leishmaniasis has been reported in various parts of Nara-Thar, while hundreds of people are reported to have been affected by the disease in the Hinso Kanhar, Sain Dino Maitlo and Sikandarabad villages in Kingri taluka.

Doctors said that the disease was discerned during a routine examination, adding that immediate measures were needed for its treatment and prevention.

The disease, they said, had also been detected in many villages of Nara taluka, including Qadan Wari and Janro Molro.

A free medical camp was organized by eight doctors, led by Dr Manzoor Memon of Krachi, in Chondiko town. The camp was organized in collaboration with the Thardeep, a non-governmental organization.

Dr Memon said over 47 persons were found to be infected by a severe form of the disease, while about 300 others were infected by an standard strain of the skin disease.

At least 147 persons were found to be infected by the disease out of the 1,657 people examined by the medical team.

Meanwhile, residents of these areas, contacted by this correspondent, said that the government-run rural medical facilities were operating on paper only, adding that no health cover was available to them.

KILLED: Mohammad Moor Shambani was killed the other day by three unidentified persons in a graveyard in Shadi Shaheed.

SUICIDE: A 20-year-old man, Naeem, son of Wali Dino Kohor, committed suicide the other day in Lundo village near Razi Dero, taluka Gambat.

The incident has been attributed to domestic problems.