JHANG: The outbreak of gastroenteritis has hit a majority of the children in Jhang as 6,000 children of different age groups have been treated for the disease at the Jhang District Headquarters Hospital in the last one month.

Data on those going to private clinics is not available.

Jhang DHQ Hospital sources said every day 200 children were being brought to the hospital.

According to hospital sources, 1,200 adults were also treated at the hospital in the last month, while 40 to 50 adults consult doctors every day.

According to medical experts, substandard food stuff and contaminated water are the prime causes of the unprecedented spread of the disease.

They have advised the people to avoid intake of rotten, substandard and imbalanced food and use boiled or filtered water. People have raised questions on the performance of the Punjab Food Authority and other relevant departments.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2019