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Diarrhoea claims 500 lives so far in southern districts

From Our Correspondent
BARISAL. Apr 27: Diarrhoea has claimed about 500 lives affecting more than 2,2693 persons in six southern districts of Barisal, Jhalakathi. Patuakhall, Bhola. Pirojpur and Borguna so far.
Situation in Patuakhall and-Jhalakathi remained almost unchanged. In last 48 hours nine persons died and more than 400 persons were affected. In Sadar upazila more than 57 persons died affecting more than 1200. In Dashmlna upazila six persons died while more than 700 were afflicted.
More than 400 medical teams Including army medical teams were working in the worst affected areas round the clock.
Percentage of Cauliform bacilli has increased in the drinking water of Barisal town. This percentage varies from five to 12 in different places of the town area. The drinking water which is supplied from the underground reservoir of the Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital has
been contaminated with the high percentage of Cauliform bacilli.
On the other hand it Is alleged that some dishonest medicine shopkeepers are taking higher price for IVS and ORS in and around the town areas from the consumers.
According to the official sources, diarrhoea situation In Patuakhall district Is yet to be improved. Five persons died and 358 persons were attacked on last Thursday. Uptodate figure in Patuakhall is 110 died and more than 4000 were affected, 65 medical teams Including 29 doctors are working in six upazllas of the. district.
Barisal Development Society and NGO have already distributed 42,000 packets of ORS. 500 bags of IVS and 20,000 WPTs while another NGO has distributed 1000 packets of ORS in the diarrhoea affected areas. BDS has also sent nine medical teams in the affected areas.
Our NarayanganJ Correspondent adds: Out break of diarrhoea has been alarming in NarayanganJ. Two persons: one Shuman Shaha (25) and the other at unknown man (50) have already died. People from various affected areas like Khanpur. Talcah, Bandar. Paikpara, Deobhog. Baborail are rushing to the hospitals with their patients. Everyday new areas are coming down in Its clutch.
Diarrhoea ward source of Victoria Hospital says: around 200 patients have been treated in this ten-bed ward in the cast twelve days. The ward is small compared to the number of patients. They are kept on the floor.
Chandpur
UNB from Chandpur says: With four more deaths reported in last 24 hours from four upazllas. the death toll from diarrhoea rose to 19 in
the district during the last one week, official sources said on Friday.
All the dead were minors. They were Identified as Shaheen (7) of Halmchar, Fatema Begum (7) of Matlab. Shah Alam (13) of HaJlganJ and Shahadat (3) of Sadar upazila.
More than 500 people were also attacked by the waterborne virus tn the district during the period, the sources said.
Meanwhile, a field hospital has been set up In Faridganj. the worst-hit upazila. But. the sources said, no diarrhoeal death was reported from the upazila during the last 24 hours.
A total of 58 medical teams are working in the diarrhoea affected areas of the district to combat the disease.
At least 1000 tubewells were lying inoperative in the district for a long time aggravating the situation for lack of drinking water, the sources added.