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Death toll from deadly heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan surpasses 800

Semi Jamali, a doctor at Karachi’s largest hospital, said they had treated about 3,000 patients. “More than 200 of them were either received dead or died in hospital,” said. Another 67 people died in the civil hospital, according to an official there.

Pakistan’s largest charity, Edhi Welfare Organisation, said their two morgues in the city had received more than 400 corpses. “More than 400 dead bodies have so far been received in our two mortuaries in past three days,” Edhi spokesman Anwar Kazmi told AFP. “The mortuaries have reached capacity.”

In Karachi, a city of 20 million people, electricity shortages have crippled the water supply system, the state-run water utility said.

I’ve seen a lot of posts on tumblr asking people to donate to the United Muslim Relief but they don’t have a fund for Karachi and I don’t think they even operate in Pakistan. If you would like to help out, donate to the Edhi foundation; one of the most respected and trusted Pakistani non-profits that provides free medication and funeral services to those in need. Edhi is both helping patients of heat-stroke, providing transport to hospitals, and helping deal with the overwhelming number of dead.