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AP-APTN-0930: Pakistan Disease Friday, 13 August 2010 STORY:Pakistan Disease- REPLAY Unsanitary conditions in IDP camps causing spread of diseases LENGTH: 02:19 FIRST RUN: 0830 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Urdu/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 654146 DATELINE: Multan - 13 August 2010 LENGTH: 02:19 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST 1. Various of sick child crying in his father arms in Children hospital complex, Multan ward 2. Pan of ward with sick children lying on beds 3. Close of child being fed 4. Wide of mothers with children on hospital beds 5. Close of drip 6. Various of sick child in his mother's arms 7. Doctor checking sick children 8. Close of crying child 9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Professor Doctor Mukhtar Hussain, In charge of Children hospital complex in Multan: "Before the floodwater normally we checked only forty children a day. Now the number has increased twice. Some children are directly coming from flood effected areas and some are living with their relatives as guests in Multan city. All these areas have been badly effected by floodwater so children are suffering from gastrointestinitis, diarrhoea and fever. We are providing them treatment." 10. Wide of medical team in make shift camp set up in a school 11. Various of toddler being checked 12. Reverse shot of women taking medicines from ambulance 13. Various of children taking bath in camp area STORYLINE Fever, stomach problems and skin diseases were spreading among Pakistani flood victims adding another dimension of danger to a widespread crisis that could get even worse in the coming days. Aid workers warn that waterborne diseases and other illnesses could raise the death toll from more than two weeks worth of flooding to well past the estimated 1,500 people who have perished so far. The US said on Friday that it would give three (m) million US dollars to help establish 15 treatment centres for waterborne illnesses in the aftermath of the floods, which are estimated to have directly or indirectly affected some 14 (m) million people. The floods have been described as the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's 63 year history. Up to one-fourth of the country is or had been affected by the floods. Children hospital complex in Multan has been set to receive the children with waterborne diseases. According to Professor Doctor Mukhtar Hussain, who is in charge of Children hospital complex, the number of sick children they receive everyday has increased as the flood hit the country. "Before the floodwater normally we checked only forty children a day. Now the number has increased twice," said Doctor Mukhtar Hussain. "Children are suffering from gastrointestinitis, diarrhoea and fever. We are providing them treatment," he added. More rain fell around the country on Thursday, and monsoon season is forecast to last several weeks still. The United Nations warned the crisis was far from over, saying dams in Sindh province could still burst in the coming days. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appealed for more help from the international community, as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people threatened by flooding that submerged villages in the south. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 08-13-10 0546EDT