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Travel Health Advisory
Pneumonia Breaks Out. This "Situation Report" is also available in our web site: www.disasterforum.org
A sudden outbreak of pneumonia took away lives of 29 children in Dhaka
City in the last ten days. Among them, 23 children died at Dhaka Medical
College Hospital and 6 died at Mitford Hospital. Sources from newspapers
said these deaths are caused by infection of pneumococcus and
himophillius influenzi bacteria and RSG virus. The disease is
characterized by high fever, cough, respiratory problems and even heart
attacks and spreads fast among children. From the last week of September,
on an average, almost 150 children are admitted daily to various hospitals
for pneumonia treatments. One of the causes of this outbreak is the
unusual climate change at present. This year, pneumonia attacked
alarmingly from the last week of September. The news of the outbreak of
pneumonia comes from other parts of the country as well.
Source: Newspapers Physicians advise that the only way to resist pneumonia is by taking the patients to the hospital as soon as they are attacked be fever with cough or other respiratory problems because these may turn into severe bronchitis or asthma later on. Prepared by: Disaster Forum |