Diarrhoea spreading in Chapainawabganj

A mother with ailing baby anxiously waits for her turn on the floor of the crowded diarrhoea ward at Chapainawabganj Adhunik Sadar Hospital. Photo: AFP

Diarrhoea has continued to spread in the town and other areas of the district.
Civil Surgeon office sources said over 239 people, mostly children, have been attacked with the waterborne disease and admitted to Chapainawabganj Adhunik Sadar Hospital in a week.
Many diarrhoea patients are being treated in the hospital corridor due to lack of accommodation.
At least 25 to 30 patients come to the hospital every day, but the hospital authorities cannot provide them with accommodation at the 10-bed ward meant for diarrhea patients, said a senior staff nurse of the hospital.
“Though oral saline, IV fluid and necessary medicines are available at the hospital, we face problems to deal with the growing number of patients for shortage of manpower,” the nurse added.
According to a hospital source, 30 to 40 people attacked with diarrhoeal diseases also arrive at the outdoor section every day. The on-duty doctors are providing better healthcare services for them, the source said.
Civil Surgeon (CS) Mohammad Abu Yousuf said all necessary measures have been taken to check spread of diarrhoea in the district and health workers are taking care of the patients in different upazilas.
There is no crisis of oral saline, IV fluid and necessary medicines at different hospitals and heath complexes in the district to cope with the diarrhea affected patients, the CS further said.