The 250-bed Nilphamari General Hospital’s new six-storey building remains vacant even three years after construction, for which, patients are compelled to take treatment lying on the floors and corridors of the old building.
Cold-related illness sees rise in North
Children, elderly suffer the brunt; fog disrupts vehicular movement, ferry service on several routes
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Children and the elderly are the worst sufferers, said health workers.
Besides, vehicular movement and ferry operations on different routes remained suspended for several hours yesterday in different areas due to dense fog.
Yesterday s Met Office bulletin said, Moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins of the country. Light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country from midnight to morning, it added. Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.