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Lucky to be born in Bangladesh'

By Nadeem Qadir
DHECHUA PA1.ANG CAMP 1. Cox'* Basar. Feb 27: Nurunnahar Begum was still panting from labour pains after giving birth to her fifth child at this camp for Myanmar (Burmese) Muslim refugees, where shelter from the elements is IftUe more Jihan a
a gtrl. with her umbilical white cord still visible. was washed by fellow refugee women before the camp's doctor or health volunteer couM arrive.
With the baby girt, another Burmese refugee arrived tn Bangladesh, to fight not only for her future but abo survival at this crowded camp, housing several thousand fellow Rohingya Muslims
Do not worry so far child is fine, her grandmother said an hour after as she had handed over the baby to the pate. but apparently happy mother.
The women around murmured that she was lucky to be born In Bangladesh Instead of Burma. where they lived in constant fear of being attacked. tortured, raped or murdered. allegedly by Burmese troops
Amid some relief after the child's delivery, the baby's aunt. Zohura Khatun. said an grlly: "We came here to save gur live* and chaatity...
Burmese troops were raping Muslim Rohingya women en
Then she cried and nar rated how the beast* raped her and other* in their village home tn Mongdu acres* the border in Burma. 'Even a 12-year old girl from a neighbour s family was not spared by the brutes."
The refugees, mostly from poor farming families, are struggling for survival In the camp with limited supplies
Abdul Hakim Mondol. off! cer-tn-charge of the camp, said the camp had 50 sheds made of straw, bamboo mats and plastic sheets which arc divided among the families He said more such shelters would be set up slowly.
This and other growing camps nearby took like small towns on the hill stopes dominated by the green or blue plastic sheets that cover the straw roofs.
"We are giving them occasionally wheat and rice beside* oil. pulse* and biscuits with the help of local Red Crescent Society". Mondol said, adding that government doctors with volunteers from private organisations were providing medical aid to the refugees “as far as possible."
Several focal non-govern mental organisations (NGOs) like the Gonoshastha Kendra
and the Muslim Aid Bangladesh are already work Ing to help the refugees in the camps.
Daud uz Zaman Chowdhury. Deputy Commissioner of Cox's Bazar said he had asked pri vale organisation* to give detail* of what they wanted to offer for the refugees.
"We will take what Is needed and suitable for dialri button as relief." he said
"Foreign humanitarian or ganisations have lo get government clearance for working directly In the camp*-, he said
Asked why were they not being allowed to go Into the camp* on their own. he said "Don't ask me. ask the Home and Foreign Ministers."
Members of the Medicines Sans Frontier* (MSF or Doctor* Without Borders) said restrictions hampered their planning and that sanitation conditions were dramatic' in the camps
The sanitation condition in the camps is dramatic and unless Immediate steps are taken there is every possibility of a serious outbreak of diarrhoea, which has already hit 75 per cent of the patients treated." Dr Clements Vla»lch said in Cox's Bazar
He said 34 of 75 patients he treated on one day had diarrhoea apd most were children aged under five years.
Skin diseases and respira-
tory infection* were also *eri out prob Jems In the camp*. Vlaslch said
Catherine Lefebure. also of MSF. said psychological Ui nesaes were a problem, white the group was working with government doctor* lo educate women to breast food rather than use powdered milk
"Mothers come in with their *lck babies and we then find that they are psychologl rally suffering from fear and shock. »he said, adding they needed counselling
Gonoshastha paramedic. Shafiqur Rahman, treating patients tn Camp-2. said they were dally attending some 400 patients Including preg nant women
"Sporadic diarrhoea eases have started and unless more tubewells are sunk son there could be • serious sliuatlon.' Rahman said adding that they have "bttte more than a month before the monsoon start*.'
Local doctor* said children were also suffering from skin diseases and malnutrition, white would-be mothers were suffering from iron deficiency
Ansar personnel guard the two camp, divided by a road that connect* the tourist town of Cox'* Bazar in the north and fishing town of Teknaf tn Ihe south near the border with Burma