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Patients at CMCH share ordeals

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Suddenly his respiration became perturbed; his eyes started to burn and darkness engulfed him, said Riad Hossain, an on-duty Armed Police Battalion (APBn) member at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport, while describing the situation he faced on Monday night.
"Running, I called my mother and told her it was possibly my last call," recounted Riad, hailing from Copalganj.
"I entered the airport and became senseless," he said, adding that he regained his senses at Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Like Riad, about 52 people including a woman and a one-year-old child from
different areas were rushed to CMCH, said its emergency medical officer yesterday.
“There was panic everywhere," said Mohammad Ismail, another APBn member.
Around 15 APBn members got sick due to gas inhalation, he added. Mohammad Alamgir, an Ansar member, echoed.
Mohammad Monir, a staff of DAP-2, said smoke was billowing from the top of the tank of DAP-1. He said he started vomiting due to the gas and faced respiratory problems.
“I cannot breathe. I am lying beside the Butterfly Park in the airport area," said Mohammad Ekram quoting his younger brother Emon Chowdhury as saying over the phone.
Emon works at CEPZ and was returning
home, said Ekram. "We rushed to the spot to rescue him," he added.
Mostafa Kamal, an Ansar member working at Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Limited (Kafco), said while entering the factory around 10:05pm on Monday, he smelt the ammonia gas.
"Soon 1 started coughing. I could not understand from where the gas originated as there are three factories, Kafco, DAP and CUFL,"he said, adding that he managed to enter the duty post before losing his senses.
Sharif Hossain, an Ansar member of Kafco, said around 17 Ansar members, working there, were hospitalised.
Contacted, Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, CMCH emergency medical officer, said the
patients were out of danger.
“We want to observe them for another day as some are suffering from stomachache," said Chittagong Civil Surgeon Dr Azizur Rahman Siddique.
Jamila Akter of Eidgah of Cox's Bazar Sadar felt sick when she went to the airport as she was supposed to leave for Hajj.
She was rushed to CMCH, said Mohammad Arman, her son, adding that she was released as her flight was at 10:00am today.
Out of 52 patients, nine were released, said police. About 250 people fell sick after inhaling gas following an ammonia tank blast at DAP Fertiliser Company Limited at Anwara upazila in Chittagong on Monday night.