Cold Spell in Northern Districts
5 children die in Rangpur
Biting cold accompanied by dense fog disrupts normal life in Dinajpur. The photo was taken from Dinajpur town at around 11:30am yesterday.Photo: STAR
Cold spell sweeping across the district claimed lives of at least five children in the last three days since Tuesday. The victims are seven-day-old boy of the district, 10-day-old boy from Nilphamari, seven-day-old girl from Gaibandha, 13-year-old girl from Dinajpur and 12-year-old Suborna from Thakurgaon, said Dr Tawfiqul Islam, director of Rangpur Medical Collage Hospital (RMCH). All of them died of pneumonia and cold-related diseases, he said. Around 2000 people, most of them children and elderly people, have fallen victim to pneumonia, diarrhoea, asthma and other cold related diseases in last three days in the northern district, said Rangpur Civil Surgeon office sources. Dr Tawfiqul Islam said usually children and elderly people get affected by pneumonia and other cold related diseases in the season. Rangpur met office said the lowest temperature was recorded 9:7 degree Celsius yesterday. The met office also forecast that the temperature might come down further in next 24 hours. Meanwhile, people of low-income people are suffering badly as cold spell has been lashing the region for the last few days. Most of the day labourers are forced to remain at home due to the chilly weather. Our Dinajpur correspondent reports: At least 39 children with pneumonia and other cold related diseases were admitted to hospitals in the district town yesterday. Of them, 12 were admitted to Sadar Hospital and 27 to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, said hospital sources. Dense fog blanketed the whole northern district amid shivering cold in the last few days, said Dinajpur Met official sources. The Met office recorded 10.5 degree Celsius as minimum temperature yesterday. Earlier, the lowest temperature was 11.2 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
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