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Diarrhoea kills two flood-hit
NEPALGUNJ, JUL 29 -
Two minors died and more than 200 persons were taken ill when diarrhoea broke out in flood-hit areas of Nepalgunj on Thursday.
The dead have been identified as Jasmin Halwai and Taniya Halwai of Salyanibag. They died while being rushed to hospital for treatment.
The waterborne disease has been spreading at Salyanibag, Ganeshpur, Dewaphulbari, Gharbaritol, Koriyanpurba, Phultekra and other places in Nepalgunj. Floods triggered by incessant rainfall inundated the places two weeks ago.
According to Dr. Madhu Aryal, in charge of the hospital emergency unit, 158 diarrhoea patients came for treatment on Thursday alone. About 100 of them have been hospitalised. Fifty-one are receiving care at Bheri Zonal Hospital while two have been admitted to United Hospital in Nepalgunj.
Patients are being treated on the floor due to the lack of beds. The teaching hospital has added eight beds to handle the overflowing number of patients.
“We suspect the outbreak to be cholera but are yet to ascertain it,” said Dr. Bimal Dhakal, Chief of Bheri Hospital. “The patients fell unconscious soon after contracting diarrhoea. We will notify whether the ailment is cholera after laboratory test of stool.” A medical team is scheduled to arrive here from Kathmandu for the lab test.
District Public Health Office is said to have dispatched a 13-member team to the affected area.
Dang VDC victim too
DANG: Amar Kumari Malla of Makaikhola in Dang’s Panchakule VDC took her diarrhoea-affected daughter to Chakarmatiya-based health post, which is seven hours’ walk away, for treatment. When unable to walk any longer, villagers brought her home where she died. Rampati Gharti (55) also died of the disease a few days ago.
District Public Health Office said the waterborne disease has spread in far-flung villages of Tulsipur municipality and Panchakule, Paran-dhara, Goltakuri, Hekuli and Srigaun VDCs in the past week, affecting scores of people.
Locals said over 15 people have fallen ill at Vatte in Tulsipur municipality. Critic-ally ill five are receiving care at Rapti Zonal Hospital and the remaining at a local medical hall. (PR)
Posted on: 2010-07-30 08:28
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