Published : 24 May 2026, 06:10 PM
Updated : 28 Aug 2026, 01:34 AM
A 4-year-old child with measles symptoms has died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) in a 24-hour count.
The death toll of children with measles symptoms at the hospital now stands at 36.
On Sunday morning, Dr Jhantu Sarkar, senior store officer of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, said in a statement that the child, a resident of Rangamatia village in Fulbaria Upazila, was admitted to the hospital on May 20. He died on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 19 patients with measles symptoms have been admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours. Of them, 46 have recovered and been discharged from the hospital. And one child with measles symptoms has been sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Currently, 72 children are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
A total of 1,579 children with measles symptoms have been admitted to the hospital from Mar 17 to Saturday morning. Of them, 1,471 have recovered and returned home.
Admission of patients with measles symptoms to the paediatric department of MMCH began in February this year. The number of patients started increasing from mid-March.
A separate isolation ward with 64 beds is operational in the hospital for the treatment of measles patients. Three medical teams are providing treatment there.
MMCH Measles Isolation Ward Focal Person Asst Prof Md Golam Mawla said, "Many children in the country suffer from malnutrition. Malnutrition increases the risk of infection, and measles makes the complications more severe.”
He said, “Since there is no ICU for children in the hospital, serious patients are being treated using the 'bubble CPAP' method. If their condition deteriorates, they are sent to Dhaka."
