Sylhet: Due to the outbreak of measles in Sylhet, a 10-bed isolation unit has been opened at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital here.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the Health Department had previously designated Ward No. 4 of Sylhet Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital as an isolation unit, providing treatment since March 26. Currently, 62 children and adolescents are admitted there with measles symptoms.
Brigadier General Umar Rashed Munir, the hospital director, announced the launch of the new 10-bed isolation center to address the recent increase in measles infections among children. He emphasized that the initiative aims to separate affected patients to provide appropriate treatment.
The introduction of the isolation unit is expected to help control the infection and ensure the safety of other patients. Additionally, doctors and nurses have been assigned special responsibilities for intensive monitoring and providing necessary treatment to the patients.
In a related incident, a four-month-old baby named Farhan died at Osmani Medical College Hospital on Monday afternoon with symptoms of measles. The child succumbed to bronchopneumonia and a lung infection, complicated by cardiac arrest, according to the hospital’s Deputy Director Dr. Mahbubur Rahman. The confirmation of measles is pending lab test results.
Meanwhile, a health department report indicated that 101 people are currently undergoing treatment in various hospitals in the Sylhet division with symptoms of measles and rubella.