Dengue Rattles Bangladesh

The country is gripped by the fear of dengue, which is taking its toll on people everywhere. Every day, hundreds of new patients are being admitted to already-overcrowded hospitals where long queues in front of the report delivery rooms is a common sight. Many parents are passing sleepless nights beside their children fighting dengue while doctors and nurses are working round-the-clock so that the situation does not go out of hand. Many of the hospital staff, including physicians, did not even take leave on this Eid. It comes after hospital sources said 93 people have already lost their lives to the mosquito-borne disease and the figure is feared to increase in the coming days. The government, however, put the death toll at 40.

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