Measles-like symptoms claim child's life in Rangpur
According to hospital sources, Zakir, son of Sabuj Mia of Ulipur in Kurigram, was admitted to the hospital on the night of 30 April with measles-like symptoms
A child undergoing treatment with measles-like symptoms at Rangpur Medical College Hospital has died.
The deceased, identified as Zakir, aged 22 months, died at the hospital's paediatric isolation ward around 8pm yesterday (2 May), said Dr ANM Tanvir Chowdhury, assistant professor of the paediatrics department at hospital, this morning (3 May).
According to hospital sources, Zakir, son of Sabuj Mia of Ulipur in Kurigram, was admitted to the hospital on the night of 30 April with measles-like symptoms.
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Meanwhile, sources at the office of the divisional health director said 49 new patients with symptoms consistent with measles were identified across the Rangpur division in the last 24 hours till this morning.
Of the newly identified patients, some 30 individuals were admitted to Dinajpur General Hospital and 19 to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, according to health officials.
