In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat | World News, The Indian Express

In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat | World News, The Indian Express

By Thomson Reuters Foundation |Dhaka |Published: May 22, 2019 12:40:24 pm

In climate change-hit Bangladesh, hospital boats keep healthcare afloat

These islands - known as chars in Bangladesh - are constantly changing shape as they erode and reform, a process that is quickening as a result of more extreme rainfall associated with climate change.

The erosion makes survival difficult for their residents – mostly poor farmers – and discourages building of permanent hospitals, researchers say. (Representational image)

Living on a secluded island in northern Bangladesh, several hours from the nearest hospital, Abdul Jalil believed he was destined to die blind.