Diarrhoea kills 3 in Sirajganj
500 attacked in a week
Our Correspondent, Sirajganj
Three people died and over 500 others were attacked with diarrhoea, pneumonia and cold related diseases in the district in last one week.The dead are Nur Mahol Begum, 35, wife of Amir Ali of Hamduria village in Tarash Upazila, Rehana Khatun, 7, daughter of Ekhlaz Ali of Deuzi village in Raiganj Upazila and Merina Pervin, 13, daughter of Esrab Ali of Soraichandi village in Sadar Upazila. At least 10 diarrhoea patients took admission in the hospital every day last week. During a visit to Sirajganj General Hospital yesterday, this correspondent found a large number of diarrhoea patients were taking treatment on the floors of the hospital due to lack of accommodation. Two diarrhoea patients, Shamim 14, son of Abdul Hakim of Jankigati in Raiganj upazila and Faridul Islam, 16, son of Akhatar Hossain complained to this correspondent that both of them got cold as they were flooring in the hospital for several days due to lack of bed. Their guardians complained that supply of saline was not sufficient in the hospital. Patients had to purchase saline from open markets at higher prices, they said. According to physicians, diarrhoea and pneumonia broke out due to prevailing cold wave in the area.
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