Nepal Diarrhoea/Cholera 2012

[Ronan Kelly]

2011 thread: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166779

Fever patients up at Rapti hospital

Added At: 2012-05-18 10:47 AM Last Updated At: 2012-05-18 10:49 AM
DANG: An increasing number of people suffering from fever, cough and cold, typhoid and diarrahoea have been coming to the Rapti Zonal Hospital here with the rising mercury.

According to the hospital authorities, 70-75 out of the 125 patients coming to the hospital daily have been found suffering from fever or cough and cold, typhoid and diarrhoea.

 

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Diarrhoea claims five in a day
Toll reaches seven in as many days
Added At: 2012-06-18 11:52 PM Last Updated At: 2012-06-18 11:52 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
DIPAYAL: Five people died due to diarrhoea in two villages of Doti yesterday for want of treatment. With this, the number of people succumbing to the disease in Kadamandu and Baglekh VDCs in the last seven days has reached seven.

Diarrhoea claimed all seven locals for want of treatment at local health facilities which are running without trained health personnel.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Diarrhoea+claims+five+in+a+day&NewsID=336518

 

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Diarrhea outbreak claims minor's life

Added At: 2012-06-20 7:58 PM Last Updated At: 2012-06-20 8:01 PM

SHIVARAJ KHATRI
KATHMANDU: Dhansari Rawal (10) the daughter of Nara Bahadur Rawal of Toli VDC , Achham died on Wednesday morning owing to diarrhea.

She was studying in grade 2 in Malika Higher Secondary School.

It is learnt that she was infected with the disease due to impure water and stale food.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...ea+outbreak+claims+minor's+life&NewsID=336687

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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One dies? 15 cases of diarrhoea confirmed in Doti
Added At: 2012-07-03 11:10 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-03 11:10 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
DIPAYAL: With one dead and at least 15 diarrhoea cases reported, health facilities in Doti are overflowing with diarrhoea patients.
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Meanwhile, Baglek and Kadamandau VDCs are also suffering from the epidemic. Baglek is reported to have 124 diarrhoea cases, while the number in Kadamandau VDC is going up.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...+of+diarrhoea+confirmed+in+Doti&NewsID=338206

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Diarrhoea grips Doti? epidemic fear looms large

? Eight deaths since mid-June ? Scores undergoing treatment
Added At: 2012-07-12 11:11 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-12 11:11 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
DIPAYAL: Diarrhoea first stalked Doti villages in mid-June and now has spread to district headquarters Silgadhi and its surrounding VDCs, claiming eight lives so far, but no substantial step has been taken to control the disease. Hundreds of villagers are undergoing treatment at different health facilities and the number of diarrhoea patients is rising by the day. Five of those who succumbed to the disease since mid-June were from Kadamandau, two were from Bagalek and one from Kalena in Doti.

As many as 50 diarrhoea patients were admitted to Doti District Hospital alone today. Patients are being treated even on the floor for the lack of space.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...bquo;+epidemic+fear+looms+large&NewsID=339436

 

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Call to tackle diarrhoea outbreak in Doti
Added At: 2012-07-13 11:40 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-13 11:40 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: Epidemiology and Disease Control Division at the Ministry of Health and Population has asked the Doti District Public Heath Office to call a meeting of Disaster Management Team of the district to tackle present diarrhoea outbreak.

The meeting has been called in the wake of increasing diarrhoea cases in the Doti Hospital.

More than 50 patients are admitted in a day, informed director of the division Dr GD Thakur. According to him, the health office has enough medicine and can treat the disease on their own.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...kle+diarrhoea++outbreak+in+Doti&NewsID=339568

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Cholera detected in Doti
Added At: 2012-07-15 11:49 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-15 11:49 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
DIPAYAL: Stool samples of three of the five people killed by diarrhoea at Bagaleka of Doti one month ago have tested positive for cholera bacteria. Abhi Saud (75), Gedi Kami (5), Pitteuli Saud (11), Khintu Aaauji (56) and Laxmi Bhandari (16) of Bagaleka had died of diarrhoea. Doti District Public Health Office has stated that tests were conducted at Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Control Department in Kathmandu.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Cholera+detected+in+Doti+&NewsID=339812

 

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Diarrhoea kills one

MAHENDRANAGAR: Diarrhoea claimed the life of a woman at Daiji VDC in Kanchanpur on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Sita Sarki of Beltal of Daiji VDC. Sita, who was admitted to the Mahakali Zonal Hospital on Thursday, breathed her last today. More than half a dozen diarrhoea patients are visiting the hospital daily, hospital sources said.

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Dead meat behind diarrhoea outbreak
Added At: 2012-07-20 11:33 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-20 11:33 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
NUWAKOT: The cause of last Tuesday?s 200 persons taken ill due to diarrhoea outbreak in Shikharbesi VDC-4, 7, 8 and 9 was believed to be the consumption of a dead cattle?s meat, said a health worker.

According to a local health volunteer Sirmendo Tamang, the villagers came into the grips of diarrhoea in large number after they feasted on the dead buffalo?s meat at the house of local Kanchho Tamang in Shikharbesi-9 about a week ago.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...meat+behind+diarrhoea+outbreak+&NewsID=340361

 

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Cholera epidemic looms large in Doti
Added At: 2012-07-22 11:20 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-22 11:20 PM

TEKENDRA DEUBA
DIPAYAL: With authorities failing to contain the spread of large number of diarrhoea cases in Doti since mid-June, health workers today confirmed the spread to cholera saying it might soon become an epidemic if corrective measures are not taken on a war footing. Local residents have been terrified and health workers are worried as the plague could not be controlled, despite their limited resources.

The spread of disease in Durgamandau, Gajari and Ladagada VDCs continued unabatedly this week as it could not be timely controlled. Earlier, in places like Bagalek, Kalena, Dipayal Silgadi municipality, Kadama-ndau and Sanagaun VDCs where large number of patients suffered showed little signs of improvement as the diseases could not be contained till now.

Eight persons who have lost their lives in Doti were once believed to be the cases of diarrhea victims, but now it was confirmed that they died of cholera after their reports of stool tests came to public knowledge.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...ra+epidemic+looms+large+in+Doti&NewsID=340591

 

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Mugu villages afflicted by diarrhoea
Added At: 2012-07-24 4:10 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-24 4:10 PM

JUMLA: Locals of Pulu VDC Ward No. 1 and 2 in Mugu district have been suffering from diarrhoea. According to Mugu District Public Health Officer, Brish Bahadur Shahi, some 50 persons including 30 children have badly suffered from diarrhoea and dysentery.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...villages+afflicted+by+diarrhoea&NewsID=340792

 

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Diarrhoea claims one in Jajarkot? hits Bajhang? too
Added At: 2012-07-25 12:43 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-25 2:26 PM

SURKHET: An elderly man died of diarrhoea at Khalanga-6, Risang, in Jajarkot district on Tuesday.

Dilaram Khadka, 73, of the district headquarters died of diarrhoea on the way to the district hospital, said local Birkha Karki.

Karki said conjurers were invited to treat Khadka after the symptoms of diarrhoea.

Locals said that the number of diarrhoea affected is on the rise in the area lately.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...jarkot‚+hits+Bajhang‚+too&NewsID=340890

 

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Death toll of diarrhea reaches 8 in far-western NepalUpdated: 2012-07-30 17:06 ( English.news.cn)
At least eight people have died due to a severe diarrhea outbreak in Doti district in far-western Nepal recently.

The latest victim of the waterborne disease was a 12-year-old kid who died while receiving treatment for diarrhea at a local health post on Saturday evening.
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2012-07/30/content_15632308.htm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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More cholera cases surface in Doti
Added At: 2012-07-31 11:11 PM Last Updated At: 2012-07-31 11:11 PM

TEKENDRA DEUBA
DIPAYAL: Days after the authorities confirmed cholera cases in Baglek VDC, the epidemic has also spread to Kalena, Gajari and Dipayal Silgadhi municipality of Doti as well.

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According to the Doti District Health Office Monitoring Officer Tekraj Ojha, cholera has been identified in four out of the five stool samples collected. The positive samples are one each from Kalena and Gajari, and two from Dipayal Silgadhi Municipality.

Similarly, 16 water samples tested have been found laced with human feces. ?The finding of the cholera cases even in those places where the diarrhoea cases had been sporadic has created a problem,? said Senior Public Health Officer Mahendradhwoj Adhikari, urging for everyone?s help to reign in on the outbreak.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...e+cholera+cases+surface+in+Doti&NewsID=341717

 

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Dysentery claims eight in Gorkha; 50 fall ill
Added At: 2012-08-02 11:47 PM Last Updated At: 2012-08-02 11:47 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
GORKHA: An outbreak of dysentery in the remotest and northmost VDC of Gorkha has claimed at least eight lives in the past two weeks. As many as 50 people have contracted the disease and condition of 21 is said to be critical.

Six of those succumbing to the disease were children, less than two years of age. The other two were identified as 65-year-old Chhyungdi Lama of Chhak and 64-year-old Phurbu Lama of Ghap in Prok VDC Ward No 7.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...ms+eight+in+Gorkha;+50+fall+ill&NewsID=342019

 

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Cholera kills two in Doti
Added At: 2012-08-03 11:59 PM Last Updated At: 2012-08-03 11:59 PM
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
DIPAYAL: Cholera has claimed two more lives in Baglek VDC of Doti, taking the death toll since the outbreak of the disease about a month-and-a-half ago to 12. According to the District Public Health Office, nine-month-old Bipana Kunwar and 70-year-old Saluwa Bhul succumbed to the disease on Thursday night.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Cholera+kills+two+in+Doti&NewsID=342148

 

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10 people test positive for cholera in Nepali capital
English.news.cn 2012-08-04 11:13:06
KATHMANDU, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people admitted to the Sukraraj Tropical and Disease Control Hospital in Nepali capital Kathmandu have tested positive for cholera. The hospital laboratory said Vibrio Cholera belonging to 01 Ogawa stereotype was detected in all the patients.

Doctors at hospital attributed the spread of cholera and diarrhea infection in Kathmandu to contaminated water, according to Saturday's Republica daily.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2012-08/04/c_131760873.htm

10 test positive for cholera in Valley

ARJUN POUDEL
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The hospital record showed that cholera had been seen in the patients in Teku, Tanchal, Kalimati Swayambhu, Bhimsenthan, Baneshwor and of Rabibhawan.

?Most of the patients who came to the hospital said that they had drunk water supplied by Kathmandu Upatyaka Kahanepani Limited without boiling or treatment,? Tulsha Adhikari, a nursing staff at Gastro ward said. She said whole families had been infected and some were brought to the hospital by their neighbors as all family members were sick.
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http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=39098

 

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Grim Doti tale
Added At: 2012-08-06 11:13 PM Last Updated At: 2012-08-06 11:13 PM

EDITORIAL
That the fear of cholera has created an exodus from the various villages of Doti district in the Far Western Development Region comes as a shocking piece of news. Cholera has resulted in the death of at least 14 people in the district. The disease is water-borne and preventable with the use of clean drinking water and fresh food. And, this is the very reason to be ashamed as well for the government which cannot even fulfil the primary tasks of providing clean drinking water and the requisite ORS to the people. This story has come from the remote villages in Doti district, which makes it all a mockery of the government that harps on the Millennium Development Goals in health. Just two years back the scene was much more tragic in Jajarkot and other districts. Last year too there were many deaths due to cholera which can be prevented easily if the right precautions are taken. Now, what makes the cholera epidemic all the more pathetic in terms of the apathy exhibited by the government and the district health delivery services is that the people have left their villages for their sheds in the upper part of the hills or gone to India. Even the Nepali migrant workers in India are not coming back fearing the disease, and instead have called their family members here to join them.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Grim+Doti+tale+&NewsID=342459

 

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Travelers to Nepal warned against cholera
2012/08/11 16:08:02


Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) Travelers to Nepal should take precautions against cholera, which has caused a number of deaths in the South Asian country this year, the [Taiwan] Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.

A total of 29 people in Nepal have died of cholera after developing symptoms of diarrhea and dehydration, the CDC said.
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http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aSOC&ID=201208110012

 

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15 confirmed cholera cases in Kathmandu
Doctor fears outbreak
Added At: 2012-08-12 10:23 PM Last Updated At: 2012-08-12 10:23 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: Fifteen cholera cases have been confirmed in Kathmandu district since the onset of monsoon.

Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital has confirmed 14 cases, while one case is reported in Kanti Children?s Hospital.

Contaminated water is the main cause of cholera and diarrhoea in Kathmandu, doctors said.

The cholera patients, between three and 88 years of age, were from Teku, Tahachal, Kalimati, Swayambhu, Baneshwor, Rabibhawan, Dallu, Bhimsengola, Kalanki and Pinglasthan in Kathmandu, the hospitals involved in the patients? treatment reported.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...med+cholera+cases+in+Kathmandu+&NewsID=343294

 

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'Doti cholera outbreak under control'

Added At: 2012-08-12 11:33 PM Last Updated At: 2012-08-12 11:33 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
DIPAYAL: The cholera outbreak, which was at its peak in villages in Doti at the end of June, is now under control, officials said today.

With the development, locals who evacuated the affected areas, have started returning home.

A total of 14 persons had lost their lives due to the epidemic from June 13 to July 1 in the district. District Health Office informed that it has treated more than 700 cholera patients till now. Cholera was found in people from Doti?s Dipayal Silgadi municipality along with Kalena, Bagalek, Khatiwada, Gajari, Kadamandau, Sanagaun, Basudev, Durgamandau, Barwata and Gajunda VDCs.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...holera+outbreak+under+control'+&NewsID=343306