PREYING ON THE POOR

The scourge of malaria is terrorising the tribals of Bangladesh's border areas, killing them like flies; Joyrampur's (Mymensingh district) Garo tribals are no exception. Fifteen hundred people living on the borders have already fallen prey to the disease since it broke out early this year. Abject poverty and a woeful lack of medical infrastructure makes them easy victims; most patients who visit the remote Joyrampur Christian Hospital are too poor to afford even 2 meals a day.