Nepal: 65 sick, 5 fatalities in unidentified outbreak in Jumla

[Ronan Kelly]

Unidentified disease claims four in Jumla
Added At: 2012-08-25 4:04 PM Last Updated At: 2012-08-25 4:53 PM

JUMLA: Four school girls have died from an unknown disease at Khimna VDC in Palanta area of Kalikot district. Over 65 students have fallen sick due to a breakout of mysterious disease.

The victims were the students at the local Kalika Lower Secondary School.Following an outbreak of mysterious illness, an emergency meeting of the school management on last Wednesday decided to close the school until the situation comes under control, said school principal Man Bahadur Budha.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Unidentified+disease+claims+four+in+Jumla&NewsID=344775

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Nepal: 65 sick, 4 fatalities in unidentified outbreak at school in Jumla

Four die of mystery disease in Kalikot
Added At: 2012-08-24 11:52 PM Last Updated At: 2012-08-24 11:52 PM

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KALIKOT: An unknown disease in Kalikot has claimed the lives of four girl students of Kalikot?s chhalaha-based Kalika Lower Secondary School and as many as 90 students have been taken ill.

According to head teacher Man Bahadur Budha, the students had been complaining of fever, common cold, headache and swelling on the body for the past one month.

The identities of the four deceased students are yet to be ascertained. Twenty more people from the village are said to be taken ill due to the unknown disease. The disease has infected people from 6-month-old to 20 years of age. Locals accused the government for being indifferent towards the outbreak.
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http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Four+die+of+mystery+disease+in+Kalikot&NewsID=344743

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Nepal: 65 sick, 4 fatalities in unidentified outbreak at school in Jumla

Viral fever devastates Kalikot VDC
Four dead, 65 ill in three weeks in the remote village
TULARAM PANDEY

KALIKOT, AUG 26 -

Viral fever has claimed four lives in the remote Khin VDC, Kalikot district, in the past three weeks while at least 65 people, mostly children, have fallen ill.

The disease outbreak remained unreported for quite some time as the only telephone line in the VDC, located some 74 km west of district headquarters Manma, has been out of order for the last two months.

A group of villagers arrived in Manma on Saturday to inform the local administration and the District Public Health Office of the situation. Man Bahadur Buda, a local school principal, said that four children had died of viral fever since early August. One-year-old Sarita Bishwokarma succumbed to the fever on August 1. Two days later, two-year-old Shanti Bishwokarma died, followed by Sabita Buda, 14, and five-month-old Mamata Bishwokarma on August 18 and August 20, respectively.
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http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/08/26/national/viral-fever-devastates-kalikot-vdc/359299.html

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Nepal: 65 sick, 4 fatalities in unidentified outbreak in Jumla

ProMED RFI based on report in post 2 above; http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php...120826.1264303

and comment;

[From the information available it is not certain that the illness responsible for the 4 deaths among 90 school-children is a consequence of an infectious disease. Reports of undiagnosed disease in Nepal have been frequent in the past and 'Requests For Information' have been unproductive. Kalikot District is a one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal. This district covers an area of 1,741 km? and has a population (2001) of 105,580. A map showing the location of Kalikot District within Nepal can be accessed at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalikot_District, and the interactive HealthMap of Nepal is available at: http://healthmap.org/r/1COd.



Part (5) of ProMED-mail 'Measlese update 2012 (33) 20120825.126334' describes the almost simultaneous occurrence of the deaths of four infants in the Doli District of Nepal. The fatalities of the children in these two Districts are unlikely to be related, since the deaths of the infants in Doli district were attributed to administration of defective measles virus vaccine. - Mod.CP

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Re: Nepal: 65 sick, 4 fatalities in unidentified outbreak in Jumla

http://www.ntv.org.np/index.php?option=com_news&view=detail&Itemid=16&id=96

Aug 26 2012 - An unidentified disease has broken out पलाँता area of kalikot district killing five female students of Kalika School in Khimna VDC. The school has been shut down since the past four days after the disease infected more than 65 students. School Principal Man Bahadur Buda said the kalikot public health office paid no heed, despite repeated request for treatment. The health posts in the area have also fallen short of the analgesic drug Paracetamol. National New Agency has said, the locals have appealed for treatment to the District Adminstration Office and District Education Office.

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Nepal: 65 sick, 5 fatalities in unidentified outbreak in Jumla

New Patients Overwhelms Hospital
Jumla/ August 27
Man Datta Rawal
Karnali Regional Hospital in Jumla has been receiving large number of patients forcing it to treat them on the floor.
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According to a staff nurse Puja Acharya, patients with different ailments such as pneumonia, typhoid, respiratory problems and heart disease are coming to the hospital for the treatment. She added that there were 26 patients already admitted whereas the hospital only has 22 beds.
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http://www.inseconline.org/index.php?type=news&lang=en&id=10419

Mysterious disease claims four in Kalikot
KALIKOT, AUG 28 -

Four children from Palata in Kalikot district have died of mysterious disease.
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According to Budha, 90 persons, mostly children, have been suffering from the disease now.

The disease that broke out for more than a month, has exhibited the symptoms as fever, coughing, headache and swollen body.
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The village is nearly two days walk from the district headquarters.
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http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/08/28/top-story/mysterious-disease-claims-four-in-kalikot/359424.html