Diarrhoea claims 5, attacks 1,928 in Mymensingh
As treatment seekers exceed accommodation capacity, diarrhoea patients stay on the corridor at Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital yesterday.Photo: Focus Bangla
Diarrhoea claimed five lives and attacked 1,928 people in 12 upazilas in the district in last 10 days, Surya Kanta Hospital (SKH) sources said. The victims are: Jamal Uddin, 40, son of Kamal Uddin of Chhitpara village in Sreepur, Gazipur, Rukshana Begum, 8,daughter of Arju Miah of Rupchanda in Nandail and Moinuddin, 70, son of late Hoshar Baba of Uchakhila village in Iswarganj, Aman Ali,60, of Narilla village in Dhanbari upazila, Tangail and an unidentified woman aged about 20. The worst affected upazilas are Nandail, Phulbaria, Haluaghat and Muktagacha, civil surgeon (CS) office sources said. Twenty-eight patients were admitted to Surya Kanta Hospital (SKH) till Thursday noon. Many diarrhoea attacked children were found to be taking treatment at the corridor of the hospital. The worst affected upazilas are Nandail, Phulbaria, Haluaghat and Muktagacha, civil surgeon (CS) office sources said. Rush of patients is increasing at the hospital. On average, 35 patients are being admitted to the hospital daily. The same situation prevails here for the last 10 days, hospital sources said. Meanwhile, a severe crisis of Intravenous (IV) fluid has been prevailing at the hospital, some patients alleged. On contact, Surya Kanta Hospital (SKH) In-Charge Dr Md Abdul Kader claimed there is no crisis of oral saline and medicine in his hospital. However, a source in the hospital said the supply of IV fluid is meagre. Now the hospital receives 100 packets of IV fluid while the demand is more than 300 bags daily, he said. During a visit to the hospital on Thursday, this correspondent talked to some attendants. An attendant named Arif hailing from Gohailkandi in Sadar Upazila said he received a bag of IV fluid from the hospital but he bought a Ceftriaxzon injection at Tk 165 from a drug store. Md Abdur Razzaq, another attendant hailing from Sutiakhali in Sadar bought two bags of IV fluid and two injections at a cost of Tk 455 outside the hospital. Abdul Wadud Dudu, another attendant hailing from Phulbaria said he bought four injections and other medicine at a cost of Tk 1,400. The CS office sources said about 54 medical teams are working round the clock in the affected areas.
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