District Public Health Officer of Doti Ganesh KC said that a team of health workers has been pressed into service to control diarrhea spread. He said that diarrhea patients are being treated at health camps.
More than 100 persons have succumbed to the raging diarrhoea epidemic spreading across Jajarkot and its adjoining districts.
People dinking water polluted by monsoon rains is said to be cause of diarrhea outbreak.
Meanwhile, a team of doctors, who arrived from Kathmandu in helicopter to treat diarrhea patients in Jajarkot district, are left stranded in Chaurjahariya of Rukum.
They were pressed into service acting on the direction of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
It takes more than three hours of walk to reach the Jajarkot district headquarters from Chaurjahariya. The team of doctors led by Dr. Krishna Hari Subedi was supposed to land at the diarrhea-hit area. But that did not happen due to inclement weather.
On the other hand, people have complained that medicine meant for patients has been only taken to accessible areas and patients in remote areas are still deprived of drugs.
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