FARIDPUR: The number of diarrhoea patients, mostly children, has been rising alarmingly in Faridpur hospitals for the last one month.
Besides diarrhoea, hospitals are struggling to manage the huge flow of patients suffering from fever, cold, and pneumonia.
During a visit on Sunday, the news agency correspondent found that more than 300 children are being given treatment at the indoor and outdoor units of Dr. Zahed Memorial Shishu Hospital in Faridpur town daily on average.
Besides, Sadar General Hospital, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital, and different private hospitals and clinics have been flooded with diaarohea patients.
Around 200 patients are being treated in these hospitals daily on average.
Dr. Emdadul Haque Shamim, the resident medial officer of Dr. Zahed Memorial Shishu Hospital, said, "Children are being afflicted with diarrehoea due to weather change."
He also suggested the parents to take special care of their children during this hot weather.
Only 10 beds are available for diarrhoea patients at Faridpur Sadar General Hospital. But, more than double patients were admitted to the hospital, creating huge pressure on the hospital authorities.
This scenario is almost the same at all the public and private hospitals and clinics in the district.
Farida Yeasmin, a senior nurse of Sadar General Hospital, said, "We are trying to give services to the patients despite our limitations. Patients are arriving at the hospital daily with severe diarrhoea with vomiting and most of them are children."
Day labourer Akter Sheikh has come to the hospital from Madaripur with his two kids suffering from diarrhoea.