Diarrhoea kills 10 in Netrakona

Our Netrakona Correspondent reports: Diarrhoea and other intestinal diseases killed 10 people and attacked over 250 in Durgapur, Purbadhala, Khaliajuri and Mohongonj upazilas in Netrakona district in last one week.

The worst affected area is Durgapur where four persons were killed and about 800 were attacked by the disease.

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The dead are Khatun, 5, Rahima, 2, Nurunnahar, 8 and Salim Mia, 70 of Durgapur; Sarjina, 7, and Mahara Khatun, 50 of Khaliajuri; Sahara Khatun, 40, and Moyna, 2, of Mohongonj and Khokon, 6 and Khuhinur, 9, of Purbadhala upazila.

Sources at Netrakona Civil Surgeon's office said the diseases have broken out in large scale due to the sweltering heat. But the situation is under control now as 40 medical teams are in the affected areas.

They said about 2000 people have so far been treated in health complexes in Durgapur, Purbadhala, Mohongonj and Khaliajuri. At least 150 patients are coming to different hospitals in a day, they said.

Local people alleged that the medical teams do not have adequate medicines and saline packets with them to supply to the areas.

To this, the sources said the medical teams were given oral saline only so that they could treat patients at primary stage.

A Correspondent reports from Madaripour: Diarrhoea has broken out in different areas in the four upazilas of Madaripur district.

Fifteen diarrhoea patients were admitted to four upazila health complexes in the district in last 24 hours, health officials said here. Over 100 were treated at the hospitals in last seven days.

Another 10 patents were admitted to the Sadar Hospital yesterday.

When contacted, Civil Surgeon Dr Sojjad Hossain however said the situation is under control as there are huge stocks of saline in all the hospitals.