Mymensingh, May 30 -- Two more infants died from measles-like symptoms at the isolation ward of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) over the past 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the total number of

such deaths at the hospital to 43 this year.

During the same period, 38 new patients were admitted to the isolation ward, bringing the total number of children currently undergoing treatment there to 116.

Due to a shortage of beds, many patients are being accommodated on the hospital floor and in corridors, said Associate Professor Dr Mohammad Golam Mawla, focal person of the ward.

The latest two victims were boys who had been admitted to the hospital with symptoms consistent with measles.

According to Dr Mawla, the four-mon...