The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The diarrhoea situation in the country has worsened with the increase in day temperature.

The International Centre for Diarrhoea Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), a special research centre and hospital for diarrhoea patients in the capital, has received hundreds of patients with intestinal disorder over the last week.

ICDDR,B received 418 diarrhoea patients yesterday, said an official of ICDDR,B.

Some 221 diarrhoea patients have been admitted to our hospital till yesterday," she said.

Usually more children are affected by diarrhoea, but this year more adult diarrhoea patients were admitted to the hospital, she added.

High temperature is the reason behind the breakout of the diarrhoea, as the weather has become hotter and hotter since the beginning of April, said the official.

Most of the diarrhoea patients are from the lower-income group who work very hard in the high temperature. They have no access to safe water and healthy food and are easily to have dehydration in the hot weather, which leads to diarrhoea disease.