Cold claims lives of 10 in 3 N-districts
Reported by: UNBconnect
Reported on: December 25, 2012 21:56 PM
Reported in: National
Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNB) ? Extreme cold claimed the lives of 10 people in Joypurhat, Panchagarh and Kurigram districts in the last five days ending Tuesday morning.
In Joypurhat, two children died of cold-related diseases on Tuesday.
Local sources said, an unidentified child, aged about 2 year, died of pneumonia at their house at Shantinagar in Joypurhat municipal area early in the morning while an unidentified infant died from diarrhea at their Gupinathpur village home in Akkelpur upazila in the morning.
The mercury dipped sharply with the lowest temperatures plunging to around 9.7 degrees Celsius in the morning.
In Panchagarh, crippling cold claimed the lives of five people in Tentulia and Doda upazilas in the last five days since a mild cold wave hit the northern-most district last week.
Panchagarh Sadar Modern Hospital sources said, the hospital has been packed with patients attacked by various cold-related diseases- pneumonia, cough, asthma and diarrhea. The number of new arrivals is increasing day by day since the cold wave began about a week ago, they said.
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Reported by: UNBconnect
Reported on: December 25, 2012 21:56 PM
Reported in: National
Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNB) ? Extreme cold claimed the lives of 10 people in Joypurhat, Panchagarh and Kurigram districts in the last five days ending Tuesday morning.
In Joypurhat, two children died of cold-related diseases on Tuesday.
Local sources said, an unidentified child, aged about 2 year, died of pneumonia at their house at Shantinagar in Joypurhat municipal area early in the morning while an unidentified infant died from diarrhea at their Gupinathpur village home in Akkelpur upazila in the morning.
The mercury dipped sharply with the lowest temperatures plunging to around 9.7 degrees Celsius in the morning.
In Panchagarh, crippling cold claimed the lives of five people in Tentulia and Doda upazilas in the last five days since a mild cold wave hit the northern-most district last week.
Panchagarh Sadar Modern Hospital sources said, the hospital has been packed with patients attacked by various cold-related diseases- pneumonia, cough, asthma and diarrhea. The number of new arrivals is increasing day by day since the cold wave began about a week ago, they said.
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