The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Monday that the organization has dispatched medical supplies sufficient to treat 15,000 people in Pakistan’s flood-ravaged areas. Calling the floods “devastating,” Ghebreyesus offered his condolences in a message shared on the US-based social media platform X.
“WHO is supporting the government to meet health needs, and has sent medical supplies to treat 15,000 people,” he said. The aid comes as authorities continue to struggle with the aftermath of widespread flooding across the country, particularly in northwestern districts where villages, bridges, and key infrastructure have been swept away.
Rescuers, supported by army units and local volunteers, were still digging through debris in several affected districts on Monday. The catastrophic floods, which struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, have killed more than 350 people in the past four days alone, raising the overall death toll to 670 since monsoon rains first hit Pakistan on June 26.
