UNB, Dhaka :
A total of 5,936 diphtheria clinical cases and 38 deaths have so far been recorded in Cox’s Bazar, said the Médecins Sans Frontières or Doctors Without Borders (MSF)on Monday.
It has treated over 4,280 people for diphtheria in Cox’s Bazar as of February 24, most of them aged between five and 14 years. MSF ran during the peak of the outbreak three dedicated health facilities.
Nearly 300,000 patients have been treated at MSF outpatient facilities and around 7,000 in inpatient facilities between the end of August and the end of January.
It said they treat many people with diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections – diseases related to the living conditions in the camps.
They see wounds that have developed into serious infections after not being properly treated and chronic diseases that have never been properly addressed.
Currently, MSF is running 10 health posts and five in-patient health facilities, including one in Rubber Garden which has an isolation capacity for 150 patients affected by contagious diseases, mainly diphtheria.
To respond to the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world, MSF mission in Bangladesh increased its staff to over 2000 people – majority of them Bangladeshi nationals, said the MSF.
Teenager found hanging : A teenage worker allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Monsurabad area under Double Mooring thana of the city on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, 15, hailing from Comilla, a worker of an Aluminium shop, used to live in a room of the rooftop of ‘Chowdhury Mansion’ on Abdul Hakim Chowdhury road.
Quoting witnesses, police said Amir might be hanged himself after returning from his workplace at night.
After being rescued, he was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
A total of 5,936 diphtheria clinical cases and 38 deaths have so far been recorded in Cox’s Bazar, said the Médecins Sans Frontières or Doctors Without Borders (MSF)on Monday.
It has treated over 4,280 people for diphtheria in Cox’s Bazar as of February 24, most of them aged between five and 14 years. MSF ran during the peak of the outbreak three dedicated health facilities.
Nearly 300,000 patients have been treated at MSF outpatient facilities and around 7,000 in inpatient facilities between the end of August and the end of January.
It said they treat many people with diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections – diseases related to the living conditions in the camps.
They see wounds that have developed into serious infections after not being properly treated and chronic diseases that have never been properly addressed.
Currently, MSF is running 10 health posts and five in-patient health facilities, including one in Rubber Garden which has an isolation capacity for 150 patients affected by contagious diseases, mainly diphtheria.
To respond to the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world, MSF mission in Bangladesh increased its staff to over 2000 people – majority of them Bangladeshi nationals, said the MSF.
Teenager found hanging : A teenage worker allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Monsurabad area under Double Mooring thana of the city on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, 15, hailing from Comilla, a worker of an Aluminium shop, used to live in a room of the rooftop of ‘Chowdhury Mansion’ on Abdul Hakim Chowdhury road.
Quoting witnesses, police said Amir might be hanged himself after returning from his workplace at night.
After being rescued, he was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
