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Monday, June 2, 2014

Rohingya refugees displaced , many are dying and dying without being able to help doctors

Most of the men would be afraid to seek help .
Rohingya refugees displaced , many are dying and dying without being able to help doctors

Muslims in western Myanmar was dying for lack of medical care following a number of attacks on aid agencies and medical institutions in March.

The UN warned that the serious humanitarian situation being faced by the Rohingya minority .

They were forced to flee from their homes and inhabit refugee camps following clashes with Buddhists who constitute the majority in Myanmar .

BBC reporter who visited the refugee camps Kyein Nyi Pyin , Jonah Fisher , reported many refugees are too scared to seek medical attention .

The refugees , he said , faced death without a chance to get the help of a doctor .

" Pregnant women , sick children , elderly women and men suffering and sometimes dying because they do not have access to medicine and primary care , " said Jonah Fisher .

Some Rohingya community leader in Pyin Nyi Kyein camp last month said nine people died there , seven of them were children .

None of them had received a doctor's care or treatment to the hospital .

Aid agencies suspend operations in Rakhine province last March after they were attacked by Click groups who accused the Buddhist aid agencies sided with the Muslim population . BBC

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