Medical Staffs from Bir Hospital Reaches Jajarkot
Kathmandu, April 18, A team of medical staffs from the state-owned Bir Hospital
on Friday reached Jajarkot district. The team is equipped with medicines and
equipments to contain the spread of viral influenza which has already claimed
more than a dozen lives.
According to a
press statement issued by the Department of Health, Epidemiology and Disease
Control Division, 5,000 doses of Tami Flu has been kept ready for dispatch to
Jajarkot and all the districts of the mid-western development region with
additional medical staff from Regional Medical Store, Nepalgunj.
It is stated that
a total of 19 persons have already died in the affected areas. However, causes
of two deaths are yet to be confirmed.The Division has already appealed to the
Ministry of Health and Population for additional budget to counter the spread
of disease.
The Division has
further stated that a total of 2,573 persons have been affected in Acharni, Paik,
Sakala, Pajaru, Talegaun and Nayakwada VDCs of Jajarkot as of now. Out of the
affected ones, only 25 per cent have shown the symptoms of influenza while
others are suffering from different diseases.