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The provincial government has failed to control leishmaniasis disease found in over 1,000 persons, including women and children, in the suburbs of Kohat city, sources said.
The sources said leishmaniasis had affected over 1,000 people mostly women and children in Barh, Jabbi and other areas for the last three months but the health authorities were keeping quiet over the issue.
Despite several attempts, District Health Officer Habibur Rehman did not attend the call as he had been in Peshawar for the last one week. When contacted, Assistant Commissioner Farrukh Attique said that he had discussed the issue with the DHO and asked him to take prompt action and send medical teams to the affected areas for vaccination. Meanwhile, Additional Assistant Commissioner Fakhr Khan said that he had informed the Health Department about the epidemic long before, but had received no response so far.
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