Diarrhea claims 6 lives in remote Jumla

Six persons have died due to an outbreak of diarrhea in a remote village in Jumla district over the past two weeks.

The epidemic has badly hit ward no. 1 and 2 of Gadhichaur VDC, which lies at a 7 hours trek form district headquarters Khalanga, affecting more than 100 villagers.

Most of those who have died are children as little as 6 months to 9 years.

However, Gadhichaur sub health post doesn't even have basic medicines to distribute it among the villagers suffering with the disease. nepalnews.com June 28 08