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Ill winds add to refugee woes The onset of rains in Kantale and Trincomalee areas have brought added misery to refugees huddled in camps. More than 20 people suffering from fever and diarrhoea have been admitted to hospital Kantale Base Hospital sources said. Predicting a gloomy picure, Dr.B.R.S.B.Bas-nayake of the Centre for Climate Change Studies of the Met Dept said, as this was the tail end of the South-West monsoon, thunderstorms along with rains could be expected in these areas till about mid September. In a move to alleviate the suffering of these refugees, the Muslim Peace Secretariat has suggested that some of them be relocated in Kinniya. Warning that the children in the camps were especially vulnerable to health risks, a spokesperson for the secretariat, A.S.Mohomed Rayeez has called on public health inspectors to look into the sanitary facilities of the camps. Commenting on another problem, he said many of the Muslim refugees who were keen to go back home before the fasting period began have lost hope of being able to do so. However, Ranjith Maligaspe, Secretary of the Ministry of Nutrition and Healthcare said there was no imminent threat of any disease spreading but added it could happen with the change of weather patterns. "The Mutur Hospital has been re-opened, which is a relief to the residents. We also have mobile clinics in areas where -returning refugees are being housed in temporary shelters," he said. | ||||
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