Mosorof, a refugee in Cox’s Bazar, said her sister who is being held on the island had not been able to obtain proper medication for her diabetes. 135 Another woman said that some of the refugees were developing a rash but “we don’t get proper treatment here at the socalled health centers for those skin diseases. The doctors only prescribe Napa or paracetamol tablets for every disease.” 136 Kolima said her child is suffering from a cough, runny nose, and is having trouble breathing, but is unable to get care or medicine at the government healthcare facility. “My child is very sick,” she said. “But when I took him to the healthcare facility, they just prescribed paracetamol and asked us to leave.” 137 Hafza, 33, said that she was feeling fine for the first three weeks on the island but then started to feel shooting pain in her leg. Her leg then became swollen and the pain began to permeate the rest of her body. “Now it feels so painful that I can’t even breastfeed my daughter. And the child is also becoming weak day by day as I can’t breastfeed her,” she said. She went to the healthcare facility, but they did not run any tests and only prescribed her a medicine, though she does not know what it was. “Doctors here aren’t really helpful,” she said. “These days I’m feeling like I am losing my ability to walk. I really don’t know what will happen in coming days.” 138 Zubair, 62, who arrived on the island in February, suffers from a stomach ulcer, digestive difficulties, and severe abdominal bloating. “While I was in the camp [in Cox’s Bazar], aid workers would come to my shelter to give health care because I am an older person and I cannot go to the healthcare facility on my own. Sometimes those volunteers helped take me to the MSF hospital or IOM hospital where I could get medicine or treatment which would help most of the time.” 139 But when Zubair went to the healthcare facility on Bhasan Char, the medicine they offered did not help. The health workers recommended that he be transferred to a hospital on the mainland, but that he would have to pay. He said: I went to the healthcare facility here after 10 to 15 days of arrival with severe pain in the abdomen. The doctors here prescribed some medicines. When there was no progress and I was unable to move any more, family members 135 Human Rights Watch interview with Mosorof, Bhasan Char, Bangladesh, May 17, 2020. 136 Quote from a video shared with Human Rights Watch on September 23, 2020. 137 Human Rights Watch interview with Kolima, Bhasan Char, Bangladesh, February 22, 2021. 138 Human Rights Watch interview with Hafza, Bhasan Char, Bangladesh, April 6, 2021. 139 Human Rights Watch interview with Zubair, Bhasan Char, Bangladesh, March 31, 2021 and April 15, 2021. “AN ISLAND JAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA” 42