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Pakistan deploys more doctors to fight diseases after floods

Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani health workers fumigate to kill mosquitos in an effort to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani health workers fumigate to kill mosquitos in an effort to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani health workers fumigate to kill mosquitos in an effort to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani health workers fumigate to kill mosquitos in an effort to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani health workers fumigate to kill mosquitos in an effort to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani health workers fumigate to kill mosquitos in an effort to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) Pakistani patients suffering from dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, are treated in an isolation ward, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) In this photo released by Pakistan's National Flood Response Coordination Centre, Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie, second left, attends a meeting with Pakistan's government and military officials about the damage caused by floods, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Jolie was given a briefing by Pakistan's government and military officials on the flood damage. According to a statement released by the NFRCC, a military-backed emergency response center, Jolie said she will inform the world about the scale of devastation caused by the floods and climate change. (National Flood Response Coordination Centre via AP) Families take a refuge at a camp after leaving their flood-hit homes, in Jaffarabad, a district of Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Devastating floods in Pakistan's worst-hit province have killed 10 more people in the past day, including four children, officials said Wednesday as the U.N. children's agency renewed its appeal for $39 million to help the most vulnerable flood victims. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) Displaced families, who fled their flood-hit homes, line up to get relief aid in Jaffarabad, a district of Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Devastating floods in Pakistan's worst-hit province have killed 10 more people in the past day, including four children, officials said Wednesday as the U.N. children's agency renewed its appeal for $39 million to help the most vulnerable flood victims. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) A woman walks at a camp as she take a refuge after leaving her flood-hit homes, in Jaffarabad, a district of Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Devastating floods in Pakistan's worst-hit province have killed 10 more people in the past day, including four children, officials said Wednesday as the U.N. children's agency renewed its appeal for $39 million to help the most vulnerable flood victims. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain)
Pakistan deploys more doctors to fight diseases after floods