Diarrhoea, pneumonia claim 15 lives in Bangladesh
An outbreak of diarrhoea and pneumonia has claimed 15 lives, mostly children, in northwestern Bangladesh in the last seven days while 500 more are suffering from the diseases, The Daily Star reported Monday.
According to the daily, all deaths were from northwestern Thakurgaon district.
A heat wave sweeping across Thakurgaon district is helping spread viral diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia and young children are the primary victims of these diseases, Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital sources confirmed.
Eight of the victims died of pneumonia, while the rest fell prey to diarrhoea. The age of the children who died ranged from one day to 12 years.
The hospital sources added that many people of different ages are rushing to the hospital every day with heat-related diseases.
About 500 patients, mostly infants, have been admitted so far to the hospital.
Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital is having difficulty providing adequate accommodation and sufficient oxygen cylinders to the unusually high number of ailing patients, said doctor Md Shajahan Newaj over telephone.
An outbreak of diarrhoea and pneumonia has claimed 15 lives, mostly children, in northwestern Bangladesh in the last seven days while 500 more are suffering from the diseases, The Daily Star reported Monday.
According to the daily, all deaths were from northwestern Thakurgaon district.
A heat wave sweeping across Thakurgaon district is helping spread viral diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia and young children are the primary victims of these diseases, Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital sources confirmed.
Eight of the victims died of pneumonia, while the rest fell prey to diarrhoea. The age of the children who died ranged from one day to 12 years.
The hospital sources added that many people of different ages are rushing to the hospital every day with heat-related diseases.
About 500 patients, mostly infants, have been admitted so far to the hospital.
Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital is having difficulty providing adequate accommodation and sufficient oxygen cylinders to the unusually high number of ailing patients, said doctor Md Shajahan Newaj over telephone.