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Malaria, diarrhoea getting out of control in CHT

From Our Correspondent
RANGAMATI July 5 M.iLiiia and diarrhoea nave broken out in almost every villages ot the three hill districts of Rangamati Kha grachhari and Bandarban in eluding urban areas
So tar 290 people have died and over one lakh people attacked by the diseases since May 18. 47 deaths from malaria and 13 from diarrhoea were recorded with the con cerned authorities
The deads included one soldier, a member of the Village Defence Party and the Thana Nirbai Officer of Zara-chhari thana, Azizul Haque age 48. -
According to reports available with the different administrations, local leaders and social workers, malarial and diarrhoeal death toll stood at 625 from January 1995 to June 24, 1995. More than one lakh people suffered from the diseases, the reports added.
Within 48 hours from June 18, malaria claimed lives of six children in Khagrachhari hill district. During the same period two persons died of malaria at Bhashainyadam in Langadu thana of Rangamati hill district.
Assuming an alarming turn, malaria claimed 27 lives in last 15 days including one troop, a member of Village Defence Party along with 15 children in Ramgarh thana of Khagrachhari hill district, where seven deads were officially recorded.
In an on-the-spot survey on June 16, it was observed that almost all the members of the families living in the cluster villages of Patachhari and Nakapa in Ramgarh thana have been attacked with malaria. Out of 27 person who died in the first fortnight of lune in this thana 21 were from these two cluster villages.
The ailing people of this area told The Daily Star that they are not getting any effective medicare services from
the government. "The field workers occasionally come and give few tablets which do not help us, and so we are compelled to seek treatment from the quakes," said Nas-imuddin, 50, an inmate of Nakapa cluster village. Malaria claimed his wife and one son in May last.
If DDT, malathion type of liquid or insecticide were sprayed from April to October, malaria could have been controled to a convenient extend as it takes a serious turn during this period of every year in CHT, a medical officer of Ramgarh thana said.
Thana Health and Family Planning Officer, Dr Noor Mohammad said, for repeated attack of malaria and taking of chloroquine type ot medicine repeatedly, it has become resistant. The effective type Of malarial drug, now a days, is Jasoquine, ofn cial supply of which is very insufficient, Noor Mohammad added.
In the different markets of Ramgarh thana, Jasoquine tablet of 300 mg is being sold at Taka 4.50 to 5 per tablet and the Jasoquine injection at Taka 11 per ample.
The cluster villagers and hapless inmates of the other villages in CHT can not afford these effective but costly medicine. The dwellers of 78 cluster villages in Khagrachhari Hill District solely depended on supply of government ration.
Malaria and diarrhoea have also broken "out in Manikchhari, Luxmichhari Guimara, Panchhari and Dighinala thanas of Khagrachhari hill district.
People of Razasthali. Bor-kal, Zurachhari, Baghaicnhari, Langadu, Nauiarchar, Kau-khali and Belaichhari thana, out of the ten thanas of Rangamati hill district have been suffering simultaneously from malaria and diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea claimed 18 lives in Thansi thana, from June 7 to 16. Sources said that on information of breaking out of diarrhoea is epidemic form, two health-assistant who went there for rendering medicare services, were also attacked with diarrhoea.
Suffering people of Thansi thana alongwith local leaders alleged that, people, majority of whom are tribals have been dying of malaria
and diarrhoea without any medicare services as the only medical officer of Thansi thana has been sent on deputation to Balipara BDR zone.
Malaria and Diarrhoea have been claiming at least 7 to 10 lives monthly in every thana, Bir Bahadur MP from Bandarban alleged.
Those who could shift from the malaria-prone area to the safer places, where me,-dicare services are available, they have already shifted. But several lakhs hapless people have been living in the inaccessible areas admitting the discrened death" of ma laria, said Aranendu Tripura, the Public Relation Officer of Rangamati Local Government Council.
An young working doctor in a hospital in CHT, who tries to keep himself well informed with present over all malarial and diarrhoeal situation, said, we are not so equipped technically or mate-’ rially to attend even ten per cent of the patient approaching us daily for treatment.
Of late, Samiran Dewan, Chairman of the Local Government Council of Khagrachhari hill district has announced to distribute mosquito-nets among the hapless and destitutes people in the malaria-prone locality worth of Taka three lakh. Tne mos-ouito-nets, will however, be distributed soon after immersing in anti-mosquito liquid by the Civil Surgeon of Khagrachhari,
Meanwhile, the Parbatya Chattagram National Co-ordination and Peace Council, an organization, working towards establishing harmony in CHT appealed
to the government to provide the hospitals and health complexes in CHT with sufficient physicians and medicare.
The statement says that over 2000 people died and 20,000 were attacked with malaria and diarrhoea during the last three months in CHT. The Council also expressed deep concern over everincreasing attack of malaria and diarrhoea in the cluster villages, in accessible tribal hamlets of CHT. The government should at least form 20 me-di-cal team equipped with adequate malarial and diarrlfoeal experts as well as medicare materials to contain the diseases, the statement added.