Mysterious disease claims 10 lives in Changunarayan
Ten people have died following a sudden outbreak of a mysterious disease in Changunarayan VDC, Bhaktapur district over the past one week, locals said.
According to one local Kanchha Tamang, patients of such disease show fever for 10-15 minutes in the beginning and then start shivering and emitting saliva for a few hours and succumb to the symptoms.
He said the disease broke out in a backward Tamang village in Kharekhola of the district one month ago. For the past one weekm people started to die immediately after showing the symptoms.
Saying that one Rachhek Tamang died three days ago after contracting the disease, Kanchha said ten people have died of the disease in over the past seven days.
The deceased have been identified as Kumar Tamang, 21, Rishimaya Tamang, 29, Bila Tamang, 32, Purnamaya Tamang, 42. The identity of other five has not been ascertained yet.
Changunarayan VDC secretary Dhruba Shrestha said the public health office was informed about the incident. The public health office has carried out medical investigation on the bodies. Meanwhile, the locals have accused the district administration, public health and other concerned authority have overlooked the outbreak even when it is at the threshold of turning into the
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