Diarrhoea claims 7 lives, affects 2,000 in C'nawabganj, Kurigram
Sunday, 21 October 2007
Diarrhoea that broke out in an alarming proportion in Chapai-nawabganj and Kurigram districts claimed seven lives and affected around 2,000 people in last one week until Friday, reports UNB.
Sources said in Chapai-nawabganj, five people died and 1,500 were affected by the waterborne disease during the period.
Diarrhoea that broke out in Sadar and Bholahat upazilas one month back has been spreading in other parts of the district. Sixty-four medical teams of Health Department are working there at present.
Hospital sources said the doctors and nurses are facing problems to tackle the situation as new diarrhoea-affected people are coming to the hospitals for treatment everyday.
Acting Civil Surgeon Dr Rabiul Islam said people of the district usually drink pond or river water due to arsenic in the tubewell water.
In Kurigram, two people died and 500 were affected by diarrhoea in the district, the sources said.
The deceased were identified as Laily Begum (35), of Digrir Char under Roumari Upazila and Khadiza Begum (18), of Pashchim Sukhati village under Nageshwari Upazila.
Sources said in Chapai-nawabganj, five people died and 1,500 were affected by the waterborne disease during the period.
Diarrhoea that broke out in Sadar and Bholahat upazilas one month back has been spreading in other parts of the district. Sixty-four medical teams of Health Department are working there at present.
Hospital sources said the doctors and nurses are facing problems to tackle the situation as new diarrhoea-affected people are coming to the hospitals for treatment everyday.
Acting Civil Surgeon Dr Rabiul Islam said people of the district usually drink pond or river water due to arsenic in the tubewell water.
In Kurigram, two people died and 500 were affected by diarrhoea in the district, the sources said.
The deceased were identified as Laily Begum (35), of Digrir Char under Roumari Upazila and Khadiza Begum (18), of Pashchim Sukhati village under Nageshwari Upazila.