STAR REPORT
Seven people died with measles symptoms in the last 24 hours till 8:00am Thursday in three districts, report our correspondents.
Four patients with measles symptoms died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), raising the total number of such deaths at the hospital to 50 this year.
Besides, 27 new patients were admitted and 24 discharged, said hospital spokesperson Dr Shankar K Biswas.
Currently, 132 patients with suspected measles are undergoing treatment at the hospital. A total of 479 such patients have been admitted to RMCH so far this year, according to hospital data.
Meanwhile, two children died with measles symptoms at Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH), raising the death toll there to three, according to the Civil Surgeon’s Office.
Both had been admitted three days earlier with symptoms of measles. Their samples have been sent to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, said Civil Surgeon Mahmudul Hasan.
In Faridpur district, 17 new patients with measles symptoms were admitted, including nine at FMCH. Since January 1, 185 such cases have been recorded in the district.
In Sylhet, a five-month-old child died with measles symptoms at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night.
The infant, from Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj, had been admitted to Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital on April 6 and was later shifted to the ICU of Osmani Medical College Hospital as her condition deteriorated, said Dr Mohammad Nure Alam Shamim of the Sylhet Divisional Health Office.
On April 6, another infant died of measles at the same hospital.
Two new measles cases were confirmed through laboratory tests in the 24 hours until 8:00am Thursday. During the same period, 36 new suspected patients were admitted to hospitals in the division.
In Gazipur, 10 new patients with measles-like symptoms were admitted to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital.
A total of 137 children were admitted with such symptoms over the past week, of whom 103 have recovered and been discharged. Currently, 31 patients are undergoing treatment at the hospital, according to the hospital.