Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Monday, August 23, 2021 MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 08232021 1130 UTC Intro Today: Monday, August 23, 2021 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 6 minutes · More Rohingyas to get Covid vaccine (New Age) · ICC accepts prosecution of Burmese military (RFA) · 2 more journalists arrested in Myanmar (MOA) · 7 killed at Kabul airport gate; Taliban blames US for chaos -(VOA) · US removes 7,400 more people from Kabul Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Report: Mohammed Rukon Uddin (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 7:23 minutes Topic: Rohingya elderly urges authorities to increase the facility of hospitals and clinics for better treatment. Translation Summary: Bangladesh government, NGOs and INGOs provided many healthcare centers for Rohingyas. Due to overpopulated area hospitals and clinics are always busy dealing with patients. Patients need to wait for long time to get the service and some give up waiting for long and goes to pharmacy for medicine without any prescriptions. Some people find maternity department a blessing where women find easy to give birth to their babies. Many people choose their shelter for giving birth for many reasons. 65 years old Anwara Begum, a displaced Rohingya currently living in kutupalong camp 3, said, “We had bad experiences with clinics and hospitals in these types of cases. A pregnant lady needs extra attention during the labor. But those patients in many cases were being treated the same with general patient. Therefore, we prefer shelters for giving birth. If hospitals and clinics increase the facility in this department, we definitely will go to get the treatment”. Report: VOA News Translator: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 6:13 minutes Topic: Thanking the BD government for giving the vaccine, says Rohingya peoples. Translation Summary: Since August 10, the Bangladesh government, has started vaccinating 48,000 Rohingya men and women over the age of 55 in 34 camps against the corona virus.They are thanking Bangladesh government for vaccinating them against the corona virus. Saiful Mohammad from Camp-5 said that the Rohingyas above the age of 55 are very happy to be vaccinated against the corona virus, but some sick Rohingyas are showing some fear of getting a new vaccine and are being counseled well. He said the government has been providing all kinds of support to the Rohingyas since the government gave them shelter in 2017 and now that the corona virus epidemic is going on, the Rohingyas are very happy that the government is vaccinating the Rohingyas as well as the people of Bangladesh and the Rohingyas are grateful to the Bangladesh government for always standing with them during dangers of the Rohingyas. From camp 3, 67 years old Rohingya Sayeed Islam said, he has been vaccinated against corona virus, he did not have any problems with his body after the vaccination, he is completely healthy. He added that Rohingyas are very happy to get a vaccine for such a difficult disease and are thanking the Bangladesh government. Rohingya song Duration: 2:00 minutes Program Closing Announcement: Sami Ahmed Production: Selim Hossain /Sanjana Feroz Engineer: N/A