Koshi deluge impacts westward
BY RABINDRA UPRETI
MAHOTTARI, Sept 2 - The impact of Koshi flood on districts west of Sunsari has become vicious depriving thousands of essential services like medical care, transport and daily commodities. As the flood ravaged some 12 Km stretch of the East-West Highway, daily supply of goods from eastern districts has been largely restricted causing crises everywhere. People fear the situation will get worse if the government fails to take immediate measures to ease the supply of daily goods. Lack of roadway has hit the health sector hard in districts west of Sunsari as patients referred to hospitals in eastern districts have no access route.
According to Dr Raj Kishor Pandit at Mahottari district hospital, serious cases are generally referred to Dharan in Sunsari district for treatment. However, due to lack of road, patients have been deprived of treatment. The district hospital used to refer over 100 patients from various districts to Dharan based hospitals. Meanwhile, transport service to districts east of Saptakoshi River has also been affected by the deluge. Transport entrepreneurs are incurring a daily loss of over Rs 1.5 million due to road damage, while thousands of people face difficulty traveling east.
Diarrhea outbreak spreading in Sarlahi
SARLAHI - Hundreds of people fell ill due to an outbreak of diarrhea that is turning widespread here in Pattharkot and adjoining villages of the district. District Public Health Office (DPHO) dispatched a medical team to the affected area with the necessary medicines on Tuesday. Dozens of patients are now receiving treatment from the medical team at the premises of local Kuleshwor School.
The school has turned into a hospital since past one week due to the outbreak. "The main cause of the diarrhea outbreak is unsafe drinking water," claimed Dr Ramlakhan Sah, the chief at DPHO during his visit at the affected areas. The DPHO provided 16 cartons of Water Guard, chemical used to purify water, to local sub-health post for distributing to the local populace. "The number of diarrhea patients is more than 500 in the village as hundreds of others patients went to Lalbandi for treatment," said Phaudsingh Ghising, a local.
Source: The Kathmandu Post, 3 September 2008
MAHOTTARI, Sept 2 - The impact of Koshi flood on districts west of Sunsari has become vicious depriving thousands of essential services like medical care, transport and daily commodities. As the flood ravaged some 12 Km stretch of the East-West Highway, daily supply of goods from eastern districts has been largely restricted causing crises everywhere. People fear the situation will get worse if the government fails to take immediate measures to ease the supply of daily goods. Lack of roadway has hit the health sector hard in districts west of Sunsari as patients referred to hospitals in eastern districts have no access route.
According to Dr Raj Kishor Pandit at Mahottari district hospital, serious cases are generally referred to Dharan in Sunsari district for treatment. However, due to lack of road, patients have been deprived of treatment. The district hospital used to refer over 100 patients from various districts to Dharan based hospitals. Meanwhile, transport service to districts east of Saptakoshi River has also been affected by the deluge. Transport entrepreneurs are incurring a daily loss of over Rs 1.5 million due to road damage, while thousands of people face difficulty traveling east.
Diarrhea outbreak spreading in Sarlahi
SARLAHI - Hundreds of people fell ill due to an outbreak of diarrhea that is turning widespread here in Pattharkot and adjoining villages of the district. District Public Health Office (DPHO) dispatched a medical team to the affected area with the necessary medicines on Tuesday. Dozens of patients are now receiving treatment from the medical team at the premises of local Kuleshwor School.
The school has turned into a hospital since past one week due to the outbreak. "The main cause of the diarrhea outbreak is unsafe drinking water," claimed Dr Ramlakhan Sah, the chief at DPHO during his visit at the affected areas. The DPHO provided 16 cartons of Water Guard, chemical used to purify water, to local sub-health post for distributing to the local populace. "The number of diarrhea patients is more than 500 in the village as hundreds of others patients went to Lalbandi for treatment," said Phaudsingh Ghising, a local.
Source: The Kathmandu Post, 3 September 2008
