these children are sick. this is a diarrheal treatment center to take care of them. some of these children have come from a flood. some of them are just citizens of pakistan dealing with these issues on a pretty regular basis. killer water, just consider the impact. already a million people with crippling diarrhea and respiratory infections. malaria, 65,000 cases. the world health organization projecting hundreds of thousands of patients with cholera, dysentery and typhoid. pakistan could literally be held hostage by killer water. and all of this disproportionately affecting pakistan s next generation, like little 3-year-old nayez. check little things to see how dehydrated they are. push on the tips of the fingers and the blood doesn t really come back very quickly. so dehydrated. he s got a very weak pulse as well. his poor little mouth is so dry.
getting something millions across pakistan cannot, medical care. it s amazing because up until a couple of days ago, his life looked like this. then he got sick, very sick. a parents love for their son took over. knowing he would die, they took a gamble. left everything they had behind and just started moving, somewhere, anywhere. we ve probably never seen a line like this before but this is a line for people waiting to get into the hospital. you see garbage all around the place. they stay here all day long, waiting. a lot of people have infectious diseases that are so sick with drinking contaminated water. it s what we ve been talking about. this is a diarrheal treatment center specifically for children. let s go take a look. fayez finally made it inside. your town is completely covered in water. [ speaking in foreign language ] he s been sick for some time. he s saying he was sick even before the flood and became much
here is tonight s report. electrolytes reporter: faisal is now giving something millioning across pakistan cannot. medical care. it s amazing, because up until a couple of days ago, his life looked like this. then he got sick. very sick. a parent s love for their son took over. knowing he would die, they took a gamble, left everything they had behind and just started moving, somewhere, anywhere. we ve probably never seen them lined like this before but this is a line for people waiting to get into the hospital. you see garbage all around the place. they stay here, all day long, waiting. a lot of people have infectious diseases that are associated with drinking contaminated water. this is a diarrheal treatment center specifically for children. he finally made it inside. your town is completely covered
this baby is so small all you see is her little foot hanging out with an iv, again. another child here, and these children are sick. this is a diarrheal treatment center to take care of them. some of these kids have come from a flood but some of them are just citizens of pakistan dealing with these issues on a pretty regular basis. killer water. just consider the impact. already a million people with crippling diarrhea. malaria, 65,000 cases and the world health organization projecting hundreds of thousands of patients with cholera, dysentery and typhoid. pakistan could literally be held hostage by killer water, affecting pakistan s next generation like this little 3-year-old. check things to see how dehydrated they are. push on the tips of their fingers and blood doesn t really come back very quickly. so dehydrated.
this is a diarrheal treatment center to take care of them. some of these kids have come from a flood but some of them are just citizens of pakistan dealing with these issues on a pretty regular basis. killer water. just consider the impact. already a million people with crippling diarrhea. malaria, 65,000 cases and the world health organization projecting hundreds of thousands of patients with cholera, dysentery and typhoid. pakistan could literally be held hostage by killer water, affecting pakistan s next generation like this little 3-year-old. check things to see how dehydrated they are. push on the tips of their fingers and blood doesn t really come back very quickly. so dehydrated. he has a very weak pulse as well. his poor little mouth is so dry. but he s in the right place. he s one of the lucky ones.