According to media estimates, the fresh death toll in the region is 170 kids in 5 months.
Thar Health Department cited malnutrition, premature birth and other diseases as the reason of all such deaths.
Statistics reveal that 38 children were killed in January, 41 in the month of February, the same number in March, 33 in April and 17 in May.
Seventeen more died in different district hospitals.
Civil Hospital Mitthi witnessed the death of 135 kids in last five months. Chachro Hospital saw 16, eight were pronounced dead in Islam Kot and 11 kids were killed in Nangar Parkar Hospital.
Almost 198 children were moved to Karachi and Hyderabad in alarming condition.
