Diarrhoea kills 2, attacks 250 in Jhenidah
Our Correspondent, Magura
Diarrhoea killeds two people and affected over 250 in the sadar and Shailkupa upazilas of Jhenidah district in last three days, official sources said.The dead are Sumi, 4, of Shatbaria village in Jhenidah Sadar upazila and Saki, 5, of Abaipur village in Shailkupa upazila. Sumi died at Jhenidah Sadar Hospital on Friday and Saki at Shailkupa upazila health complex in the early hours of yesterday. Diarrhoea patients are rushing to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital and Shailakupa upazila health complex from different villages, officials and local people said. A total of 230 patients came to Sadar hospital and 15 to Shailkupa health complex in last three days. A doctor at the Sadar hospital seeking anonymity said the diarrhoea situation deteriorated abruptly in the last three days. Jhenidah Civil Surgeon Golam Hossain, when contacted over phone, however claimed that the situation was under control. "Hot spell has spread the disease". Child specialist Alok Kumar Saha at the Sadar hospital suggested people to avoid of taking stale food.
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