Nepal: 2014 Cholera outbreaks

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Source: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/in...&news_id=74855


Cholera outbreak in Rautahat
MADAN THAKUR

RAUTAHAT, May 15: Sample test of stool of patients thought to be suffering from diarrhea in Rautahat district has confirmed the disease to be deadly cholera instead.

After the District Health Office failed to do anything about the fast spreading problem in the region, a special team of doctors had been deployed to identify the illness. National Public Health Laboratory has confirmed the disease as cholera...

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Re: Nepal: Cholera outbreak in Rautahat

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Cholera continues to spread in Rautahat
MADAN THAKUR

RAUTAHAT, May 25: Cholera, which has already claimed two lives in Rautahat district, continues to spread with 770 cases of cholera recorded in the district till Sunday evening.

Narayan Prasad Timilsina, a local of Gaidatar, said the government has taken no measure to contain the disease though hundreds of patients have already been admitted to hospitals and clinics across the district for treatment...

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Re: Nepal: Cholera outbreak in Rautahat

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Rautahat�s cholera epidemic unabated for last 3 months
REPUBLICA
Helpless heath official hope for massive flood to control it

KATHMANDU, June 28 : Floodwater generally triggers waterborne disease like cholera, jaundice, typhoid and several others, but officials with Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) of the Department of Health Services (DoHS) have been expecting massive flood, which they said that can be appropriate means to control the cholera epidemic.

Officials hope that people would not drink stream water without proper treatment, if massive flood comes, and the ongoing epidemic could be contained.

"We are trying our best to control epidemic but it is still out of control," Dr Baburam Marasini, Director at EDCD, said adding," People may treat drinking water properly if massive flood comes."

He said that the contaminated water is the main cause for the spread of diseases. People openly defecate at the source of the stream which is located in Makwanpur district.

Two died and more than 1,500 infected from the cholera that spread in Gaidatar VDC of Rautahat for last three months. Dr Marasini said that hundreds of people could have died, if there were not proper treatment facilities. He said that the office cannot say when the epidemic would come under control...
Published on 2014-06-29 02:55:17

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Re: Nepal: 2014 Cholera outbreaks

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200 dead, cholera outbreak feared in Nepal
Daijiworld Media Network

Kathmandu, Aug 18: Incessant rains over the past week brought with it landslides, voluminous flooding, death and devastation in Nepal, destroying many villages beyond recognition. Surkhet, Bardiya and Dang are said to have been effected the most.

As the weather stabilised on Sunday, the government deployed more personnel and help to the region, only to end up unearthing even more bodies bringing the total count to 180 deceased. Close to a 120 more are reported missing and the search continues. Many were evacuated to shelters as rescue workers took advantage of the receding waters and arrived by land to render a helping hand...