The deceased have been identified as Taluwa Sada, 35, Garwa Sada, 55, and Jibasi Sada, 35, of Chandra Ayodhyapur VDC-6 and Kaushilya Sada of Lahan Municipality. The disease has not been identified so far.
The locals of the Dalit settlement at Ayodhyapur VDC-6 have become terrified after the four deaths and the illness of dozens of others.Soon after the deaths were brought to its notice, District Health Office (DHO) Siraha sent a team of health workers to the affected village for the treatment of those infected. The team has referred eight patients to the district hospital after their condition became critical, according to the health workers.
Lalita Devi Sada, Shyam Kumar Sada, Binita Sada, Manju Sada, Sunil Sada, Sunita Sada, Sobhit Sada and Kusheshwor Sada underwent treatment at the district hospital, according to DHO chief Dr Daya Shankar Lal Karn.
Six of those admitted have already recovered, while the rest are still receiving treatment, Dr. Karn informed.
"Had the bodies of the four diseased been brought for post-mortem, the cause of death could have been established," Dr Karn told Repubica. "However, we're preparing to send the patients' blood samples to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) in Kathmandu."
He added that laboratory tests on the blood samples will help identify the disease.
According to health workers, fainting, abdominal pain, weakness and vomiting are the symptoms seen in the patients.
One of the locals, Gyani Sada, said that the locals have become frantic following the death of the four.
"We first thought they were suffering from severe heat, but we became further worried after the death of the four," he said.
Three years ago also, 21 people had died in the same village in similar circumstances, according to DHO chief Dr Karn.
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