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Mystery disease raging
Kantipur Report
TEHRATHUM, June 11 - Outbreak of an unidentified disease has affected hundreds of families at Tamaphok VDC in Sankhuwasabha district since last week.
The disease that first affected the people of Tamaphok VDC ward 2 has spread through wards 3 and 4 and is threatening to afflict other areas in the absence of immediate measures to contain it.
The patients exhibit progressive symptoms of headache, fever, burning sensation in the throat, acidity, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting blood and then faint. The disease has spread to such an extent that in many cases all family members of a house are bed-ridden.
Villagers in the affected areas have accused authorities concerned of complacence. The nearby health centre has long been reeling under shortage of medical staff as well as medicines making the situation worse. Paras Ghimire of the health centre said the district hospital has not responded, though it was repeatedly notified about the epidemic.
"The patients exhibit progressive symptoms of headache, fever, burning sensation in the throat, acidity, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting blood and then faint."
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