Cold-related diseases on rise
With the fluctuation of temperature between day and night due to seasonal change, the number of patients of winter-related diseases has seen a rise in Dinajpur, Joypurhat and Naogaon, with children and older people being the most affected.
Meteorology Officer in Dinajpur Weather Station Tofazzur Rahman said the temperature is decreasing by roughly 0.5 degrees Celsius every day. The minimum temperature was 21 degrees C and the maximum 32 degrees C on Tuesday.
Doctors said the flow of patients suffering from typhoid, diarrhoea, pneumonia and stomach flu has seen a sharp rise at hospitals and health complexes in the three districts during the last one week.
Dr Moniruzzaman Manik of Akkelpur Upazila Health Complex said his hospital treated nearly 300 children suffering from cold-related diseases in the last one week, and 30 children have been admitted to the hospital with diarrhoea and pneumonia.
A doctor of Joypurhat Modern Hospital said they treated a large number of patients with similar complaints. The situation is the same in other upazilas, and most patients are coming from rural areas, he added.
During a visit to the outdoor departments of Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, Dinajpur General Hospital, Orobindu Shishu Hospital and other clinics, this correspondent saw that it was a struggle for the patients to reach the doctors due to the heavy rush.
Around 40 children found hospitalised in these hospitals.
However, there was no casualty, said Dr Wares, a paediatrician of Dinajpur Medical College Hospital. “Parents have to be more careful during the month of October when the weather starts changing to cold from warm,” he said, adding that if such weather remained for long, children would suffer badly.
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