GORKHA, July 10: A diarrhea epidemic has broken out at Chumchet in Chumanubri Rural Municipality-6 of Gorkha district.
“The number of patients suffering from a diarrhea has increased over the last few days. One one-year old child died of it” , said a local Sherap Gurung. “A diarrhea has spread in the village. Many children are now sick due to a diarrhea.”, Guring told Republica Online.
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A diarrhea has spread among as many as 40-50 villagers in a Chumchet village where there are about 200 households. The patients feel like vomiting and emptying their bowels. Experts have attributed the diarrhea epidemic to a dirty drinking water.
District Health Office is not aware of the details of the situation. “We are trying to collect information about the diarrhea epidemic “, said Nani Banu Dani , a Health Assistant at District Health Office.
However, a health worker Yalija Shahi refused to accept the situation as “diarrhea epidemic”.
It takes five days to reach Chumchet from the district headquarters of Gorkha.
