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Cry for relief: Diseases spread

They are lying, says Netrakona UNO Death toll 23 in Sylhet: Diarrhoea, pneumonia in B'baria

Our Correspondent, Netrakona
As journalists entered the Madan Shahid Saranika Girls High School flood shelter, 20 to 25 women came and asked, "Have your brought relief for us?"
Middle aged Amana Begum said weeping, "We came here 12 days back as flood washed away our house. We are five members. We got only five kg rice. Our three children are fasting two days. Please help us".
Just at the moment, Madan upazila UNO came in a jeep and rebuked the inmates for talking to newsmen. But the women did not care. They kept on making allegations of scanty relief supplies.
The UNO told newsmen that 10 kg rice was given per family, but the women strongly protest it on the face of UNO. They said five kg rice was gave per family in 12 days.
"They are telling lies", the UNO said.
There are 300 families at the shelter, 10 to 12 crowding in each classroom.
Widow Rahima Khatun of Chandgaon village said she came to the shelter with four children 10 days back as flood washed away her house. She said she got five kg rice in 10 days.
"A man (Capt (rtd) Manjurul) came and have us rice, biscuit and oral saline this morning. We are cooking the rice", she said.
This correspondent was in the journalists' team which visited four out of 11 shelters in Madan upazila yester-
day. Theses are at Madan Shahid Saranika Girls High School, Jubaida Mohila College, Madam College and Nayakpur Union Parishad office.
At Jubaida Mohila College, Shreenibash Mitra of Jahangirpur village said he came to the shelter five days back but did not get any relief as his name was not included in the list.
Elderly Aklima Khatun came to the journalists and said "I am looking to your, write against them who are stealing our relief. Allah will punish them".
Waterborne diseases have broken out in every shelter visited by the journalists. But there no medicine, no doctor or health assistant.
Seven year-old Kamal was suffering from dysentery for four days at Jubaida Mohila College shelter, his mother Rashi Begum told this correspondent. Roshi has no money to buy medicine.
About five lakh flood affected people in Netrakona are in acute crisis of food, drinking water and medicine.
The Madan upazila UNO said about one lakh people are now in flood shelters in the district.
There are 228 flood shelters in the district, including 19 in the municipal area.
Star National Desk
Diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases have broken out in large scale in flood affected areas of Sylhet and Brahmanbaria.
With three more deaths on Thursday, the toll from the diseases rose to 23 in Sylhet division in last eight days.
Our Staff Correspondent reports from Sylhet:
Diarrhoea is spreading fast in remote flood affected areas of Sunamganj, Jakiganj, Moulvibazar and Habiganj upazilas due to scarcity of drinking water as most of the tube wells have gone under water.
The three deaths on Thursday were reported from Jokiganj in Sylhet, official sources said.
In the last 24 hours till yesterday morning, diarrhoea attacked 407 people in Sylhet, 224 in Sunamganj, 328 in Habiganj and 80 in Moulvibazar districts.
A temporary medical camp has been opened at Ratanganj in Jokiganj upazila after three deaths there on Friday last.
In the last one week, 1780 were attacked in Sylhet, 1141 in Sunamganj, 2414 in Habiganj and 397 in Moulvibazar, an official report statedyesterday.
In worst affected Jakiganj, nine people died in a week and 487 others were attacked. Fifty-five people were attacked in the last 24 hours there.
When contacted the Director of Health, Sylhet Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed said, four Assistant Directors have been sent from the Directorate of Health to
monitor the post flood health situation in Sylhet region.
They reached the four district headquartersyesterday, he added.
Besides, one Deputy Secretary from the Health Ministry has been deputed for Sylhet.
The official said, besides two mobile teams in each of the upazilas, a "sufficient number" of medical teams formed with paramedics are working in the districts.
But other sources said the medical teams are far short of the requirement in Sylhet division, with 268 medical officials now working against497 posts, they said.
There are upazila health complexes where only one or two medical officials are working against nine posts.
In frontier Jakiganj upazila, there is one Medical Officer against eight posts.
The situation is serious in Sunamganj where only 60 medical officials are working against 139 posts.
The number is 61 in Moulvivazar against 100 posts, 60 in Habiganj against 121 and 87 in Sylhet district against 137 posts.
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was appraised of the situation during her recent visit to flood affected Sunamganj and habiganj districts. She assured the Sunamganj district administration that some of the vacant posts would be filled up soon.
Our B'baria Correspondent reports:
At least 6,592 people have been attacked with diarrhoea and 1,543
children with pneumonia in Brahmanbaria in last seven days, office source says.
Thirty-five diarrhoea patients were admitted to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital in the last 24 hours, hospital sources said yesterday afternoon. Patients can not come to hospitals as all roads are still under water, they said.
Some patients at the Sadar Hospital told this correspondent during a visit that they are not getting intra-venus saline. They have to buy even oral saline from outside.
A total of 2, 90, 330 flood affected people have taken shelter in 582 flood shelters in the district.
According to Civil Surgeon office sources, 5000 oral saline packets, 25000 water purifying tables, 300 diarrhoea saline packets, 40 kg of bleaching powder have been distributed in the affected areas and flood shelters.
The floodwater is receding very slowly but most areas of the district are still under three feet water. The Brahmanbaria town is still inundated with knee deep water.
Different political and socio-cultural bodies and individuals have started relief distribution, but these are scanty to the needs.