EDITORIAL: FLOOD RELATED HEALTH ISSUES IN PAKISTAN

July 2010 was a month of natural disaster for Paki- stan, when torrential monsoon rains led to the worst-ever floods in the history of Pakistan. This natural calamity afftected more than 20 million people across the country and led to more than 2000 deaths initially. The death toll is feared to be climbing as the medical repercussions of the floods are adding to the agony of the flood victims.