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Kathmandu Friday June 01, 2001 Jestha 19, 2058.
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Gastroenteritis
kills 8 in Jajarkot
Post Report
JAJARKOT, May 31 - At least eight people, among them three
children, died this week in an outbreak of gastroenteritis in Korbang and Daha Village
Development Committees (VDCs) according to the Chief District Officer (CDO).
CDO Rishikesh Niraula said Sete Damai, Kaldari Damai,
Amrita Shahi and three children - Hari Bahadur Shai, 9, Bir Bahadur Shahi, 4, and Bir
Bahadur Sarki, 13, were among those killed in the epidemic.
Korbang VDC Chairman Surendra Bahadur Shahi said that two
more people succumbed to gastroenteritis in ward Nos- 3 and 4 of another remote Daha VDC
this week. Names of the people killed in the epidemic could not be known.
And seven others seriously affected by the outbreak are
undergoing treatment at a local health centre in neighbouring Garkhakot VDC.
Dr. Bhim Singh Tinkari at the district hospital said a
medical team had been sent to the gastroenteritis affected area with adequate medical
supplies.
More than a dozen people were killed during the same season
last year in the Daha and Korbang VDCs due to the gastroenteritis epidemic.
Dr. Tinkari said people from these remote villages are
highly susceptible to gastroenteritis because of contaminated water and unhygienic food.
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