পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৪৯

621 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ শরণার্থীদের স্বাস্থ্য সম্পর্কে ‘লীগ অব রেডক্রস বাংলাদেশ ডকুমেন্টস ১৮ জুন, ১৯৭১ সোসাইটি’র উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN FOR HEALTH OF REFUGEES IN WEST BENGAL: NEWS RELEASE DATED JUNE 18, 1971. Following is the text of a news release, dated June 18, 1971, issued by League of Red Cross Societies. A medical expert sent to India by the League of Red Cross Societies, Dr. Lars Troell of the Swedish Red Cross has expressed his grave concern with the health situation among the Pakistan refugees in West Bengal. Dr. Troell reported back to the League headquarters in Geneva today after a two week mission to India during which he visited refugees camps in West Bengal and had discussions with the Indian Red Cross, Government Health Department and World Health Organisation officials, and representatives of relief agencies, particularly the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Dr. Troell reported that while the Indian health authorities seconded by the Red Cross and other agencies, appeared to be keeping pace with outbreaks in fight against cholera and other diseases such as typhus and typhoid, the situation remained grave because of the very bad sanitary conditions in the camps, the continuing influx of refugees and the onset of the monsoon rains. First class job The Indian doctors and nurses working against the refugees were doing a first class job, but were strained to the limits, he said. There is a continuing need for medicaments and medical equipment, for example, tubes for oral giving of rehydration fluid, and special needles for injections of fluid into child cholera victima. Dr. Troell pointed out that while the Indian health authorities were very experienced in fighting cholera, there was a definite need for continuing shipments of medicaments, as production capacities in the country would no longer keep up with the demand. He also said there was a need to create more hospital facilities in the refugee camps. On the basis of Dr. TroelPs report, the League is studying how best the Red Cross can contribute to improving the health situation.