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icddr,b reports 737 new diarrhoea cases in 14 hours

| Updated: April 02, 2022 20:54:30


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As many as 737 diarrhoea patients were admitted to the icddr,b, an international health research institute in Dhaka, in the 14 hours till 2:00 pm on Saturday.

AKM Tariful Islam Khan, media manager, icddr,b confirmed this to The Financial Express (FE).

The growing number of diarrhoea patients put the hospital under huge pressure, he said.

On-duty doctors, nurses and health staff are also struggling to deal with the increasing number of patients, Mr Tariful stated.

A total of 1,274 patients were admitted to the hospital on Friday.

Earlier on Thursday, 1,285 diarrhoea patients got admitted to the icddr,b, while 1,331 on Wednesday and 1,317 on Tuesday.

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