Rohingya IDP camp in Ngachaung and Pauktaw Arakan in dire need of healthcare

All Rohingya in Pauaktaw town of Arakan lost their houses and properties in 2012, State’s sponsored violence. Most of them were provided Camps and rice by UN organizations after violence. Most of IDPs from Nga Chaung self-evacuated during Mahasen Storm alert in 2013 when authority refused to give them protection and evacuate them to a safer place. Most of them reached Santetmaw, Anauk Ywe, Muyurkul, and Sittwe, later military forced them to return their own place, Nga Chaung IDPs.

148 families including 592 Rohingya, returned to their IDP camps lately. Their shelters had already occupied by others when they reached there, they stay besides other camps, requested to WFP for rice several times. As responsible persons for WFP in the ground refused to provide rice excusing cancellation of their names from IDP register, they collect crabs nearby rivers and sell them to Rakhine for their survivals. But now, in the rainy reason, as they can’t catch crabs to sell, most of them are starving.

Health care group reaches to Nga Chaung once in two weeks, sometimes on 3 weeks, and they provide treatments for minor cases only. For emergency case, most patients die lack of medical assistence in time.

Today, a Rohingya lady, Khairul Nisa, 30 years old, suffering labor pain since 1AM, a nurse said without operation, delivery impossible, with help of NGO, she was sent to Sittwe hospital at 8 AM.
Source : Aungaungsittwe
Photos :Rohang Mg