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Scorching heat worsens chicken pox outbreak
The recent outbreak of chicken pox has taken on an epidemic form due to scorching heat sweeping across the country.
According to the city's hospital sources, the number of people infected with pox is mounting by the day and the doctors are overwhelmed due to lack of vaccines and other facilities, reports bdnews24.com.
The affected people are reportedly crowding into different hospitals in the city every day and the specialists warned the situation could get worse if the high temperature persists.
Because of lack of proper facilities patients are being shifted from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital to Mohakhali Contagious Disease Hospital.
Dr Ehsan Kader, Assistant professor of Salimullah Medical College, told the news agency that patients were crowding into the outdoor of the hospital on a daily basis.
He said the situation was getting worse because the virus responsible for chicken pox, Varicella-Zoster, has become more active as the temperature is rising.
Dr Ehsan said the patients were not admitted into the hospital until infection develops after virus attack...
Scorching heat worsens chicken pox outbreak
The recent outbreak of chicken pox has taken on an epidemic form due to scorching heat sweeping across the country.
According to the city's hospital sources, the number of people infected with pox is mounting by the day and the doctors are overwhelmed due to lack of vaccines and other facilities, reports bdnews24.com.
The affected people are reportedly crowding into different hospitals in the city every day and the specialists warned the situation could get worse if the high temperature persists.
Because of lack of proper facilities patients are being shifted from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital to Mohakhali Contagious Disease Hospital.
Dr Ehsan Kader, Assistant professor of Salimullah Medical College, told the news agency that patients were crowding into the outdoor of the hospital on a daily basis.
He said the situation was getting worse because the virus responsible for chicken pox, Varicella-Zoster, has become more active as the temperature is rising.
Dr Ehsan said the patients were not admitted into the hospital until infection develops after virus attack...