BSS, Rajshahi :
A number of 12 more people, including five female, died at Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6 am today, taking the death toll to 352 in the current month.
RMCH Director Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani told journalists that eight of those were the residents of Rajshahi, two from Chapainawabganj and one each from Natore and Naogaon districts.
Among the deaths, five tested Covid-19 positive and the rest seven were suffering from its symptoms, he added.
Yazdani said the hospital had counted a record number of 25 fatalities caused by Covid-19 since the pandemic began on the previous day.
Meanwhile, 63 more patients, including 43 from Rajshahi, eight from Chapainawabganj, six from Naogaon, four from Natore and two from Pabna districts, were admitted to the designated ward of the hospital during the time, taking its number to 460.
“We have 405 beds in the Corona dedicated wards of the hospital,” Yazdani added.
He said an additional 48-bed corona ward has been launched in the hospital recently to cope with the extra pressure.
Brig Yazdani opined that over 60 percent of the new Covid-19 patients admitted to the Covid unit of RMCH are from villages, clarifying that awareness among the villagers is less compared to the urban people.
Despite symptoms they hesitate to go for tests. “Only they are coming to the hospital when they feel worse. Then we have nothing to do for them, they are dying,” he added.
He said utmost attention should be given to the villages in addition to the urban area as the fatality rate among the villagers is more and the grave situation is aggravating day-by-day there.
Apart from the administration and health workers, public representatives, political activists and volunteers should come forward and work together. Otherwise, the situation may be furthermore alarming, he mentioned.
