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Nearly 7,000 children die every day in Pakistan due to lack of pediatric surgeons

World Pediatric Surgery Day 2024 was celebrated on April 7 at a private hospital in Karachi. — Reporter Nearly 7,000 infants and children die in Pakistan every day, of which 150 children die on average from birth defects, mainly due to a severe shortage of pediatric surgeons, according to health experts. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arshad, president of Association of Pediatric Surgeons Pakistan (APSP), said that about 2.5 million newborn children die annually and a large number of these children can be saved by increasing the number of pediatric surgeons and placing them at headquarters of the district (DHQ Hospitals) all