KALADAN NEWS
Dated:
Teknaf,
June 15: Viral fever, diarrhea and
some other water born diseases have broken out in an epidemic form in the
Burmese Rohingya refugee camp of Teknaf
since last couple of weeks that killed many refugee children, said Maulvi Ayub, an Imam of a Mosque
of the camp.
Due
to lack of health facilities at unofficial refugee camp of Dumdumia
of Cox’s Bazaar district, patients of viral fever, diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid
and other forms of viral or betrayal infections separately increased but non of
the patients get treatment and get admission in any health center, he further
said.
There were 14 children separately died at
makeshift camp, while many others including elderly refugees are suffering of
the flue accompanied by diarrhea disease. All of them are between 5 months to 5
years who fall in various vulnerable outbreak categories of flue and diarrhea
disease mainly caused from unusual fluctuations of day tempressure
and excessive moisture in the air and scarcity of safe drinking water.
“Availability
of safe drinking water falls scanty against the demand during the hot days
forcing people to depend on contaminated water and get infected by the germs of
different diseases mainly travel by water,” said a health officer of Teknaf Upazila (sub-district)
preferring anonymity.
Local
people from nearby makeshift reported that “We find regular dead body in the
camp that may bring cholera in the region. If so, we would leave the area. So,
we feel that taking healthcare is very important to save the area from
dangerous diseases.”
The
children who died in Makeshift camp were identified as Razu
Begum, daughter of Sayed Hussain,
Taslima Akter, daughter of
Mohammad Yunus, Mohammada
son of Mohammad Younus, sayed
Noor, son of Mohammad Siddique,
Mohammad Amin, son of Mohammad Rafique,
Abu Taher, son of Hamid Hussain, Rehena Begum, daughter
of Abdu Shukkur, Shamsu Alam son of Amir Hussain, Ismatara,
daughter of Dolu Hussain, Sayed Alam, son of Sayed Akber, Mohammad Ayub, Mohammad Jamil and Akram, son of Mohammad Taher and Ruzina, daughter of Abul Bashar. The above mentioned all the dead children are
between 5 months to 5 years, said Deen Mohammed, a Maji of the camp. # #
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