Measles death toll rises to 139 in Lahore

Two more children died of measles in in the Paksitani province of Lahore on Tuesday, bringing the death toll up to 139. Eight-month-old Arman was being treated in Children Hospital Lahore while Momina was under treatment in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Both of them were referred to hospitals for better treatment but unluckily they could not survive. According to sources, at least 246 new cases of this disease came on surface while as a whole approximately 15, 762 patients have suffered from this fatal disease which has claimed lives of more than one hundred people across the Punjab. Apart from, a large number of patients in Multan have suffered from gastro disease.