Taluka hospital striving to help Nagarparkar mothers, their babies
(WorldNews Pakistan)

A young mother stands by the side of her son, weighing less than 2.5kg, at the Nagarparkar taluka hospital.-Dawn A 20-BED facility that started off as a dispensary and was given the status of a hospital in 1983 is struggling to meet the needs of Nagarparkar, a small town at the foothill of the Karoonjhar mountains, which are famous for pink granite and Jain temples. Nagarparkar (also known as Nangarparkar), the headquarters of Tharparkar district, is some 129km from Mithi and around 20km from the Pakistan-India border. The area with 51,428 households has a population of 260,170, according to the last year census. A road trip to the area in an air-conditioned vehicle is an Instagram worthy...