55 trainees at the Kurigram district hospital nursing institute have been infected by an un-identified pathogen. A 5-member specialists’ team has been sent from the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research to treat the patients and investigate the infection. The team is being led by Doctor Ashraful Alam.
Trainee nurses at the institute in Kurigram started having sudden fever, headache, vomiting and diarrhoea since Tuesday night. Nursing institute class-rooms have been turned into temporary medical wards to ensure emergency treatment for the infected. Those suffering from the illness said that at first, five of them fell ill on Monday. On Tuesday a total of 43 trainees became ill. The number affected by the disease rose to 55 today.
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