Officials fail to ascertain cause of multiple deaths in Karachi’s Keamari

KARACHI: Officials probing into the incident of multiple deaths occurred in Karachi’s Keamari area have failed to find out reason that triggered the fatalities. The deaths took place in Ali Muhammad Leghari Goth in Kemari over the period of some 15 days.

MM News has learnt that Sindh Health Department officials set up a medical camp in the affected area in Ali Mohammad Goth ,in Union Council 8 of Mawach Goth in Keamari District of Karachi.

Equipped with doctors and other staff, it provided locals with out-patient services (OPD) to some 71 locals, including 25 children, 30 women and 16 men.

The ‘subject’ population underwent Covid-19 testing, but not a single tested positive. However, results for sputum, measles and other analysis are still awaited.

“Initial sign and symptoms reported in the deceased were of fever, sore throat, and shortness of breath and respiratory distress leading to death within a few days,” said a health department report in its initial official findings.

In the meantime, authorities also sealed three more industrial units and set up medical camps, however, it remained unknown what mysterious product these manufacturing plants were producing.

It has also been learnt that in order to boost emergency medical care in the area, the report said that a medical camp has been set up in the area with the requisite staff and ambulance to operate around the clock.