Diarrhoea affected boy dies for lack of doctors at upazila health complex
A six-year-old boy died of diarrhoea at Borolekha village in Tahirpur upazila on Friday allegedly for lack of treatment.
The deceased was identified as Palon Dey, son of Naru Dey of the village.
Sources said Palon's parents took the boy to Tahirpur upazila health complex after he was attacked by diarrhoea.
As there was no physician on duty at the complex, ward boy Shafiq and peon Salauddin told them to go back home. But the boy died on the way to his home.
Meanwhile, one-year-old diarrhoea affected child Rifa Bormon, daughter of Binod Bormon of Maddya Tahirpur village in the upazila, was taken to the health complex on Saturday morning.
She was also sent back due to the same reason.
Contacted, Dr Iqbal Hossain, in-charge of the health complex, said a number of posts of physicians and other staff members have been lying vacant since long.
Locals said, 4-5 diarrhoea affected people including children come to the health complex a day for treatment.
The water borne disease broke out in the upazila recently due to intake of polluted water but the patients do not get treatment for lack of doctors at the health complex, they said.
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