Rohingyas in refugee camps in Burma and people in the surrounding areas have been suffering from pneumonia and diarrhoea, said Korim Ullah, a refugee from Nayapara refugee camp.
He said that most of the children in Nayapara official Rohingya refugee camp are suffering from Pneumonia and diarrhoea because it is winter.
Sick refugees are taken to a clinic in Nayapara refugee camp. The only treatment they can receive there are saline drinks and some medicine, but so far there have been no deaths reported from pneumonia or diarrhoea.
According to Nur Kamal, a refugee from Kutupalong official camp children in Kutupalong official and unofficial camps and Leda unofficial camp are also suffering from Pneumonia and diarrhoea.
Many Bangladeshi children in the areas of Teknaf and Cox's Bazar have been admitted to clinics suffering from Pneumonia and diarrhoea. Ibrahim, a doctor from Teknaf said that the number of patients is increasing every day.
Mohammed Saber, a medical officer from Cox's Bazar, said that there have been cases of Rotavirus recorded in the area since the beginning of the cold season. Rotavirus is a contagious virus that can cause gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines) with symptoms that include severe watery diarrhoea, often with vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain. It mostly infects infants and young children who can become so severely dehydrated that they need to be hospitalised. In the most serious cases patients can even die.
Teknaf Health Centre said that the hospitals in Teknaf and Cox's Bazar have admitted 200 to 250 local children and that four children have died in the Teknaf area.
Edited in English by Mark Inkey for BNI
