The team comprising Dr Pramod Khanal and Dr Suman Thakur of Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control under the Ministry of Health has started examining cases visiting the infected area. [break]
The disease has been suspected to be dysentery as patients, who are said be suffering from by diarrhea, have slow pulse rate and get fainted soon after they fall ill.
Some 40 persons out of 200 patients undergoing treatment in Bheri Zonal Hospital and Nepalgunj Teaching Hospital are in critical condition, said Banke District Public Health Officer Dhir Jung Shah.
The health office has deployed health workers in the Nepalgunj Municipality’s wards no. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, and 15 to control the disease.
Meanwhile, District Public Health Office held discussions with government and non-government bodies working in the health sector to find out the ways to step ways efforts to fight the disease.
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