Azam Parvez
In the last 24 hours, 18 people have died in Rangpur division. This is the highest death ever. The death toll in the northern division stood at 567 people. The detection rate in the department is 43 percent. Which has caused the authority to raise their eyebrows.

Meanwhile, doctors are struggling to treat the victims of Covid-19. Civil Surgeon Dr. Hiromb Kumar said the 100-bed Rangpur Children’s Hospital was launched on May 9 last year as a ‘Rangpur Corona Isolation Dedicated Hospital’ for patients with Covid. In the beginning, there were 10 to 20 patients use to come to the facility, but the number of patients has been increasing since last three weeks. The 100-bed hospital now has 101 patients.
Dr. Nur Un Nabi, Head of Rangpur Corona Dedicated Hospital said,only 20 doctors are treating so many patients by shifting their treatment. Which is much less than required. They are struggling to provide medical care. There is no way. Infected patients should be treated. They must be saved.
Meanwhile, ward 33 (endocrinology) on the 4th floor of the new building of RMC Hospital will be officially used to accommodate corona positive patients from Sunday. There are 36 beds for corona positive patients in this ward. If the patients in the medical hospital are corona positive, they will get medical services only here.

The decision was taken as the number of patients at Rangpur Dedicated Corona Isolated Hospital was high. Director of Rangpur Medical Hospital Rezaul Karim said the authorities had posted a notice on Friday stating that the ICU bed at the dedicated Corona Hospital was not vacant. And this is why this decision was made.

Meanwhile, the Rangpur Health Department said that in the last 24 hours, the seven people hailed from Thakurgaon district of Rangpur Division, four from Dinajpur, two from Panchagarh and one each from Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Gaibandha.

At the same time, 556 new patients with coronavirus have been identified in the department. The detection rate is 43 percent. Among the new identities are 132 in Thakurgaon, 108 in Dinajpur, 95 in Rangpur, 57 in Gaibandha, 50 in Nilphamari, 40 in Kurigram, 39 in Lalmonirhat and 37 in Panchagarh. At this time 236 people have recovered.

Rangpur Divisional Health Director (Acting) Dr. Abu Md. Zakirul Islam said that in the current situation, wearing a mandatory mask must be ensured and hygiene rules must be followed. At the same time, there is no alternative to following the restrictions announced by the government and the instructions of the health department.