Saturday, February 5, 2011
Source: WikipediaStar Online Report
Nipah encephalitis claimed four more lives in Rangpur and Lalmonirhat Friday night and Saturday, raising the death toll from the disease to 24.
The deceased are Mansur Ali, 42, Swarna, 4, daughter of Jahangir, and Mahbub, 16, son of Nozir Ali of Dakshin Goddimari village in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat and Insan Ali of Mirbag in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur.
Mansur was first taken to a local clinic, Modern Clinic, but was denied admission. Then he was rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where he died at about 7:10pm.
Swarna died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital at 9:00pm Friday while Mahbub at 12:30pm Saturday, RMCH director Toufiqur Rahman confirmed it to The Daily Star.
Insan Ali breathed his last at his Mirbag residence at about 4:30am, said the local health officer.
Meanwhile, local administration has declared all the schools of Hatibandha upazila closed for six days from Saturday to control the spread of the disease.
Hospital sources said 24 encephalitis-infected people are now undergoing treatment at RMCH, Gangachara Upazila Health Complex of Rangpur and Hatibandha Upazila Health Complex of Lalmonirhat at present.
Condition of two patients admitted to RMCH is said to be critical, hospital sources said.
The government has confirmed the disease as Nipah encephalitis after a laboratory test, which mainly spread to the two districts.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), advised caution while drinking raw date juice as bats, which are natural hosts of the disease, usually drink date juice at night
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