Two Rohingya women with AIDS have been admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for treatment.
The two were transferred from a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Upazila on Sunday night, said CMCH Police Outpost ASI Alauddin Talukdar, reports bdnews24.
One of the HIV-positive women is 50 years old, while the other is 60, he informed.
According to Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, 4,143 cases of HIV-positive individuals have been reported this year, and 658 patients have died.
Another Rohingya refugee, who was bitten by a snake, was transferred to CMCH alongside the two women.
Over 400,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have fled across the border to Bangladesh since the start of a military operation on Aug 25.
Most of the Rohingya patients at CMCH in the first days of the mass exodus had been wounded by bullets or explosions. The patients being admitted in recent days are more likely to be suffering from disease.
Rohingyas are returned to the refugee camps after their treatment is complete.
