Saudi aid group donates USD 2 ml to upgrade Cox's Bazar hospital in B'desh

A Saudi humanitarian aid and relief organisation has granted USD 2 million to the WHO to upgrade the Sadar district hospital in Bangladesh Cox's Bazar town, where about 7,00,000 Rohingyas have taken refuge.
The existing health facilities in and around Cox's Bazar one of the world's biggest refugee settlements have reported a 150-200 per cent increase in patients, overwhelming current capacity and resources, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a project with a total cost of USD 2 million for upgrading Sadar hospital in Cox's Bazar, with the WHO, it said.

KSrelief's Supervisor General and Advisor at the Royal Court Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah hoped that these funds will go a long way to help improve people's health and lives in what is one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
As a group, the Rohingyas' health have been neglected, many have arrived in Cox's Bazar with poor health statuses and health behaviours, the statement said.
The funds from KSrelief will be used to double the number of in-patient beds from 250 to 500, and to improve trauma and emergency obstetric care services, the statement added.
About 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees fled their home to take refuge in Bangladesh after the Myanmar military launched a security crackdown in northern Rakhine state in August last year.