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Isolation, Treatment Centres opens in Rohingya camps
DHAKA, May 21, 2020 (BSS) – The government in collaboration with
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have
formally inaugurated first two Severe Acute Respiratory Infection
Isolation and Treatment Centres (SARI ITCs) of COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar
for Rohingyas and host Bangladeshi communities there.
These two SARI ITCs, one located within Camp 5 of Kutupalong
Rohingya camp and the second in Ukhiya Upazila, will serve the needs
of almost 200 COVID-19 suspected patients suffering from moderate to
severe symptoms, according to a press release issued by UNHCR here
today.
This is part of a broader humanitarian effort by all partners in
Cox’s Bazar to provide support to Bangladesh government in combating
COVID-19 and to ensure capacity to respond the clinical needs of those
with the most severe symptoms.
A total of 12 SARI ITCs will be constructed overall, with a
capacity of approximately 1,900 beds for refugees and host community,
said the release.
Additional resources and support including personal protective
equipment (PPE) has already been provided to the existing national
health care facilities in Cox’s Bazar district as well as to primary
health centres within the Rohingya camps.
UNHCR will also soon complete the preparation of an 18 bed
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the Sadar Hospital in Cox’s Bazar, with
10 ICU beds and 8 high dependency beds, as well as providing staffing,
for those with the most severe needs, the release added.
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