Cases of High Fever Among Rohingya Children and Some Elderly in Rohingya Refugee Camps | Dr. Anita Schug in Rohingya Language

Rohingya Medics Organisation

Many cases of high fever among young Rohingya children are being reported across Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Young children between six months to 3 years are showing signs of high fever and some with vomiting symptoms. Some elderly people are also being affected with main complaints of fever and headaches. Long ques in front of already overwhelmed healthcare centres and being returned with few tablets of Paracetamol are the widely observed complaints.

Bangladesh hosts nearly 1.1 million Rohingya people from Myanmar. There are not sufficient healthcare facilities in these squalid camps forcing people to take desperate measures. Due to lack of awareness of health conditions and decrease and disruption in provision of humanitarian services due to ongoing COVID-19 crisis, there is an increase of fear and hopelessness among Rohingya patients falling sick. A proper communication between the doctors and patients with overcoming the language barrier is vital to decrease this rising anxiety among Rohingya refugees. Rohingya Medics Organisation addresses this though detailed explanation in the hope of bridging the existing gap of communication between health care providers and the Rohingya patients in camps across Bangladesh.