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Diarrhoea patients fill hospitals as summer gets hotter [1]

The sweltering summer heat has continued to send more people, mainly children and elderly, suffering from diarrhoea and crowding hospitals in Dhaka city and other parts of the country. A two-year girl, Ria Moni, of Narayanganj died Tuesday on way to ICDDR,B hospital at Mohakhali in Dhaka, her family said. At least one person died and 11,861 others infected with diarrhoea in past seven days, according to the control room of the health directorate that complies reports from public hospitals in districts.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2008
New Age (Bangladesh) [2]
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Food Prices [3], Drinking Water [4], Diarrhoea [5], Bangladesh [6]
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