One more child dies with measles-like symptoms in Mymensingh

Another child has died with measles-like symptoms at the isolation ward of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital over the last 24 hours till 9am today (7 May), raising the total number of child deaths at the hospital to 27.

During the same period, 40 more children were admitted to the hospital, bringing the total number of patients currently undergoing treatment in the isolation ward to 94.

Due to a shortage of beds, many patients have been forced to stay on the hospital floor and in the corridors.

Associate Professor Dr Md Golam Mawla, focal person of the hospital’s measles isolation ward, said a nine-month-old boy died in the isolation ward yesterday after being admitted with measles-like symptoms.

According to him, the child was admitted to the hospital on 2 May from Trishal in Mymensingh. “Despite receiving proper treatment, the child died from post-measles pneumonia and respiratory failure.”

Golam Mawla said since 17 March, a total of 1,145 children with symptoms consistent with measles have been admitted to the hospital.

Of them, 1,024 have been discharged after recovery, while 27 children have died.

In the last 24 hours alone, 19 more children were discharged after recovering, he added.