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Karachi: Numerous cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by heatstroke, acute water diarrhoea and gastroenteritis have been reported from all over Pakistan, especially the provinces of Sindh and Punjab, due to extremely hot weather. Officials said the mercury shot as high as 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh, on Saturday, while the heat battered other areas in the province, reports The News. Unconfirmed reports suggest at least three people died of acute water diarrhoea in Sindh's remote Kachho area as the temperature rose to 49 degrees. Residents said prolonged drought and unavailability of clean drinking water left no choice for the people except for consuming the comtaminated water from ponds to kill the heat. Director Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Rahim Bux Bhatti said patients of AKI, acute gastroenteritis and other symptoms of heatstroke due to prolonged exposure to sun are being brought to their heatstroke camp. "The entire area is in the grip of an intense heatwave for the last few days," he said while speaking to The News. Director General Health, Sindh, Jumman Bahoto, said there were some "confirmed" reports of deaths and sickness due to heat stroke and water borne diseases in some cities and towns of the province, which were experiencing an intense heatwave these days, adding that he had directed all the District Health Officers (DHOs) to collect data as well as establish heat stroke camps in their jurisdiction. As daytime temperatures became unbearable in many cities of Punjab, health authorities said many traffic wardens and common people who remained exposed to sunlight in Lahore had acute kidney injury due to dehydration. They were taken to different city health facilities, including Jinnah Hos ...