More 68 admitted to hospitals in Nilphamari
Civil Surgeon claims diarrhoea now under control
Our Correspondent, Nilphamari
More 68 diarrhoea patients were admitted to different hospitals and upazila health complexes in the district in the last 24 hours ending at noon yesterday. Of them, 13 have been admitted to Domar upazila health complex, six to Jaldhaka, seven to Kishoreganj, 11 to Dimla, and 31 to the Sadar hospital. Officials at the district health department control room said 197 patients were treated at outdoors of the hospitals during the period. No fresh death was reported. Till Saturday, the official death toll from the disease was 29. The unofficial toll was 41. Charaikhola union in the Sadar upazila is the worst affected area where 39 people were treated at makeshift health camps during the period. Another five patients were brought to the Sadar hospital from there as their condition deteriorated. Sources in different areas said there has been virtually no improvement in the situation although loudspeakers, hired by the district administration, continued blaring health advice. When contacted, Civil Surgeon Nazrul Islam said they have enough stock of Cholera IV saline and other medicines. The situation is under control, he said.
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