720 diarrhea patients visit Rawalpindi's health centres.

RAWALPINDI -- Around 720 acute watery diarrhea cases have been brought to the health facilities of the Rawalpindi district this year, out of which 711 were discharged after recovery.

District Surveillance Coordinator, District Health Authority Dr Waqar Ahmed told reporter that 314 patients had arrived from Rawal Town,114 Rawalpindi Cantonment area,87 Potohar Town,58 Murree,20 Khauta,13 Gujar Khan,10 Taxila and one from Kotli Sattian.

He informed that 103 cases were recorded at Rawalpindi's health facilities outside the districts.

Presently, he informed that nine patients are admitted in various hospitals of the district while no patient was in a critical position.

Dr Waqar said that patients reported so far belonged to ages from newborn to 25 at the ratio of 56 per cent male and 44 per cent female.

The health officer added that, fortunately, no patient had died in the district due to...