Bangladesh medics struggle to cope with Rohingya influx

Daylpara, Cox’s Bazar – Dr Mohammad Hossain has already seen more than 50 injured Rohingya Muslims in the last two hours.
Having navigated several kilometers of muddy tracks, hillocks, and swamp-like areas bare-foot, thousands of Rohingya are finally getting the medical attention they urgently need.
"I have rashes on my body," she told Al Jazeera.
More than 409,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since August 25 with many of them passing through Daylpara, a remote village some 90km from Cox’s Bazar – one of the first ports of entry for the Muslim minority fleeing a military crackdown.
"So you have a very very high risk situation, particularly for children.
"People are fleeing their homes with very few belongings and we hope that we can relieve some of their suffering by providing much needed healthcare, water and food," Ikhtiyar Aslanov, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Bangladesh, said in a statement.
"We see more than 200 patients daily, mostly children and women.
We need more medicines to cope with the rising number of patients," Dr Mohsin Uddin Ahmed from the Bangladesh Red Crescent (BRC) told Al Jazeera.
A district government official told Al Jazeera that some 80,000 Rohingya children in Ukhiya camp will be vaccinated from Saturday and an additional 30,000 children would be vaccinated at Teknaf region.
"The influx is unprecedented, and we are doing our best to help people."

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