An unknown disease claimed seven more lives at Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday raising the death toll to 10 in last two days, health officials said.
Eight of them are minors.
At least 24 patients suffering from the mysterious disease are undergoing treatment at Hatibandha Upazila Health Complex, Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital and Rangpur Medical College Hospital, health officials at Hatibandha said.
A four-member medical team led by director of health at Rangpur Division Dr Shahadat Hossain said after visiting Hatibandha upazila Health Complex and a number of villages in the on Wednesday said that he suspected the disease to be viral encephalitis.
Not sure about the disease, he said it could as well be Nipah.
The upazila health officer Bimal Kumar Barman confirmed the deaths.
He said that they were first taken to the upazila health complex before shifting them to RMCH.
Family members as well as doctors said that at first they all had fever with the temperature increasing rapidly before their bodies became cold and they died.
The casualties include, two-year old Gourob Roy, son of Bijoy Roy of the village Tongvanga, three-year old Sajjad Hossain, son of Belal Hossain of the same village, three year old Sabina, daughter of Mokbul Hossain of the village Saniazan Char, three-year old Nishad, son of Akbor Ali of Kazir Chawra, four-year old Yasmin Akhter, daughter of Abul Hossain of Amjol,
Four-year old Anonna Ghosh, daughter of Ashok Ghosh who lives near the bus stand and her eight year old brother Aronno Ghosh, eight-year old Kajol Islam, son of Ahmed Ali of South Singimari, 32-year old Azizul Islam, son of Omor Ali of Baraipara, Rajjak Miah,32, son of Abbas Ali of Genduguri.
