Two more children die with measles symptoms in Sylhet Division, total deaths reach 214

Deaths with measles symptoms continue to rise in Sylhet Division. Two more children have died in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of deaths with measles symptoms in the division has reached 214.

This information was confirmed on Thursday (November 12) in a report from the office of the Sylhet Divisional Health Director.

The two children who died are Jhuhi Begum, the two-year-old daughter of Riar Uddin of Companiganj, Sylhet, and Tanisha, the seven-month-old daughter of Jahidul Islam of Sunamganj Sadar.

Jhuhi Begum died while undergoing treatment at Samsuddin Hospital, and Tanisha died while undergoing treatment at Osmani Medical College Hospital.

According to the directorate's report, 193 more patients were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours. Among them, 42 were admitted to the specialised Shaheed Dr Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, 43 to Osmani Medical College Hospital, and the rest to other hospitals.

Currently, 567 patients with measles symptoms are admitted to hospitals.

Among the admitted patients, 120 are at Shaheed Dr Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, 182 at Osmani Medical College Hospital, 45 at Ragib Rabeya Medical College Hospital, 20 at Parkview Medical College Hospital, 16 at North East Hospital and 8 at Mount Adora Hospital.

In addition, 35 are admitted to Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital, 15 to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital, 25 to Habiganj Sadar Hospital, and the rest to other hospitals.

Of the 214 people who have so far died with measles symptoms in Sylhet Division, 87 are in Sylhet district, 76 in Sunamganj, 34 in Habiganj and 17 in Moulvibazar.