WHO rejects of hiding epidemic outbreak reports

MUZAFFARABAD—The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday denied reports that it has been hiding the cases of ailments in quake hit areas of Pakistan. The organization added that some cases were certainly seen but they were controlled well in time with appropriate treatment.
The non-governmental organizations and sometimes senior UN officers too, had been warning time to time after the earthquake in Pakistan that hundreds of survivors might die of diseases due to the increasing cold. In a visit to here in the perspective of the same reports, the WHO Chief Dr Lee Yong Woop (ph) has not only expressed satisfaction that anti-epidemic efforts were heading towards the right direction there but also said that provision of tent and blankets to every body was a source of happiness for the organization.
The WHO Director General is visiting the quake ravaged Muzaffarabad at a time when the non-governmental organizations, providing medical relief there, are saying that the WHO’s figures describe a totally different situtatin from that of their observation, DG said. Dr. Woop said that it can be argued but we have not closed out eyes and ears. If any major incident occurs, everyone will see it.
He further said we do not try to hide anything. The government itself will also pay attention to these repots. However I believe that there is no major difference in the situation. Responding various question Woop said we are not saying that no much reports have been reported but there is a great difference eruption of an epidemic and treatment of diseases. Epidemic means a lot of patients and this is not the situation here, he marinated.
He further said he know there was too hot in daytime there however, in the evening temperature falls even below zero, increasing difficulties of the residents. He said everything can be seen with different perspective, added that I am sure that this is a temporary arrangement, which will certainly improve in the coming days so that they can spend winter in a better way.
The living in camps is obviously better then staying at mountains under the open sky, he said.—APP