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Waters of death July 13, 2021 The death of two more people in Karachi, as a result of the Naegleria Fowleri amoeba which has contaminated water supplies in Karachi and possibly other parts of Sindh, is a crisis. It indicates the lack of safe drinking water and what that can do to people. The latest victims are a young doctor who lived in Karachi and an eight-year-old boy who is believed to have lived in Dadu but was treated at Liaquat National Hospital. The Naegleria Fowleri amoeba lives in supplies of fresh water which are not chlorinated and causes bacterial meningitis if it enters the nasal cavity from where it can travel to the brain. This is also commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba. ....
Naegleria claims another life in Karachi By Naegleria is a brain-eating amoeba. It lives in freshwater. The 2021 death toll caused by Naegleria mounts to five in Karachi. KARACHI: Another person fell victim to the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in Karachi, according to the Sindh government s health department. The recent death brought the overall toll caused by Naegleria to five in Karachi in 2021. The deceased went picnicking to a farmhouse in Malir along with his friends, said the health officials. The fourth victim, who was a young neurosurgeon, lost his life to the brain-eating amoeba yesterday [July 12]. The 30-year-old neurosurgeon died due to primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) at the PNS Shifa Hospital. ....
Young doctor becomes year’s fourth Naegleria victim July 12, 2021 Naegleria fowleri, often called “brain-eating amoeba”, has claimed one more life in Karachi, where a young neurosurgeon died due to primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) at the PNS Shifa Hospital. “Dr Majid Ismail Chandio, a resident of DHA Karachi and a neurosurgeon by profession, had contracted a Naegleria fowleri infection on June 30. He was on ventilator for the past several days and died today at the PNS Shifa Hospital,” Shakeel Ahmed, technical officer public health, said on Sunday. On Friday, an eight-year-old boy from District Central had died due to PAM caused by N fowleri during treatment at the Liaquat National Hospital. With the death of Dr Chandio, who was 30 years old, the number of N fowleri deaths this year has reached four. ....
Karachi reports fourth death of 2021 from Naegleria geo.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from geo.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.