Nar Bahadur Shahi’s daughters Pabitra Shahi, 10, Dipa Shahi, 6, and Nirmala Shahi, 4, succumbed to the disease.[break]
They could not be taken to a health facility as it takes three hours to reach the nearest health post, said Bishnu Shahi, a local.
Dipa died on Friday while her other two siblings died on Saturday morning.
Their mother Gauri Shahi, who also contracted the disease, is being treated at home by local health workers.
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