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Situation Worsens Further in Pabna

Diarrhoea claims 6 in a week, 111 more hospitalised

Our Correspondent, pabna
I\vo diarrhoea patients died on Sunday night, raising the number of diarrhoeal deaths to six in a week, while 111 more people were admitted to Pabna General Hospital and Pabna Sadar Upazila Health Complex in 24 hours till yesterdayafternoon.
A specialised team will start work in Pabna from today to find out the nature and cause of the disease, district health officials said.
Sixty-five new patients were admitted to the Diarrhoea Ward of Pabna General Hospital and 46 other diarrhoea patients took treatment from Pabna Sadar Upazila Health Cdrriptdf in la4124 hours, hospital sources said.
Shafiuddin, 35, of village Mahamudpur, died in Pabna General Hospital and Dipjal, 8, son of a sweeper, died on the way to hospital on Sunday night.
The atmosphere at Pabna General
Hospital sees deterioration as the number of diarrhoea patients is increasing everyday.
Many treatment seekers have to stay on the hospital floor.
Some of the diarrhoea patients who were earlier released after treatment, returned to the hospital as they contacted the disease again, hospital sources said.
"We are trying to keep the Diarrhoea Ward clean. But we are facing serious trouble as the number of patients is on the rise," said a staff nurse working at the Diarrhoea Ward of Pabna General Hospital.
“Following our request to the Director General’s ■office, .a: specialised ttfeih comprising an assistant director of health department and a diarrhoea specialist will start working from tomorrow (Tuesday) to identify the nature and causes of the disease in Pabna. Steps will be taken according to findings," Dr Dipak Kumar, deputy civil surgeon of
Pabna, said yesterday.
"We have also requested the municipality authorities to conduct laboratory test of the water supplied by them. We think water contamination might be the cause of the sudden spread of diarrhoea," he said.
The district health department has cancelled all kinds of leave for its staff including doctors and health assistants while several teams have started door-to-door visit to monitor the situation, health officials said, adding that they are also conducting awareness campaign to prevent the disease.
Hospital authorities are struggling hard to cope with the situation as treat-tfient is? hajnpered due to accommodation problem and shortage of intravenous (IV) saline and other medicines.
The upazila administration has started drives by a special mobile court to destroy spurious food items from Pabna markets, said Pabna Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Debashish Nag.