Lack of safe drinking water gives rise to diarrhoea

About 13,847 were afflicted by diarrhoea and at least five people died in the country in the past seven days due to lack of pure drinking water and consumption of stale and contaminated food, said sources at the Directorate-General of Health Services’ control room.
The floating people, slum-dwellers and destitutes in the city are most vulnerable to waterborne diseases, especially diarrhoea, as they have no access to safe drinking water; moreover they eat stale and contaminated food, said experts.
Dr Habiba Khatun, medical officer of the health directorate’s disease control department, quoting the control room’s statistics, told Full Article on NewAgebd