Reports say at least 23 people have been hospitalized following the outbreak of suspected diarrhoea in the district. The victims, mainly children and elderly people, are said to be in bad condition.

A doctor in Bardera town who requested not to be named due to security reasons told Sunatimes that the situation is going out of hand and locals need immediate medical supplies to respond to the emerging human tragedy in the area.

He said the few privately owned health facilities in the area have no enough drugs and trained staffs to deal with this diarrhoea outbreak. Diarrhoea is common in the area during the rainy sessions.

Over 17 under-five children have reportedly died of diarrhoea related complication in 2011in this district.

Medics in the area now say the situation at hand in pathetic and needs immediate response to avert further human catastrophe in the district.