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Dipping temperatures take their toll
Schools closed in Saptari, Sunsari hospitals witnessing crowds
Added At: 2011-01-08 12:04 AM
Last Updated At: 2011-01-08 12:04 AM
The Himalayan Times
RAJBIRAJ/ITAHARI:
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Adviser to the teachers? union Bijayananda Jha said the schools had to be closed as the children fell ill due to declining temperature.
Meanwhile, the Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital here has witnessed a surge in the number of patients suffering from asthma, cough, fever, pneumonia, cold and diarrhoea.
In Saptari, two persons have died from cold-related complications in the last five days.
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According to Dr Sanjeev Bharadwoj of the Sunsari District Hospital, number of patients suffering from cold, diarrhoea, fever and pneumonia has increased. Most of the patients are children and elders.
?Among the children visiting the hospital, 90 per cent have cold-borne diseases,? he informed. A child died of diarrhoea in Inaruwa some days ago. Rekha Subba, nursing inspector at the hospital, said they were busy attending to the ailing children.
?We had to manage more beds in the children?s ward a few days ago,? she shared.
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Schools closed in Saptari, Sunsari hospitals witnessing crowds
Added At: 2011-01-08 12:04 AM
Last Updated At: 2011-01-08 12:04 AM
The Himalayan Times
RAJBIRAJ/ITAHARI:
...
Adviser to the teachers? union Bijayananda Jha said the schools had to be closed as the children fell ill due to declining temperature.
Meanwhile, the Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital here has witnessed a surge in the number of patients suffering from asthma, cough, fever, pneumonia, cold and diarrhoea.
In Saptari, two persons have died from cold-related complications in the last five days.
...
According to Dr Sanjeev Bharadwoj of the Sunsari District Hospital, number of patients suffering from cold, diarrhoea, fever and pneumonia has increased. Most of the patients are children and elders.
?Among the children visiting the hospital, 90 per cent have cold-borne diseases,? he informed. A child died of diarrhoea in Inaruwa some days ago. Rekha Subba, nursing inspector at the hospital, said they were busy attending to the ailing children.
?We had to manage more beds in the children?s ward a few days ago,? she shared.
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