Relatives brought him to District Hospital Salyan for treatment after the high fever did not stop even after taking medicine and he had more problems with breathing.
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Two people died in Salyan due to scrub typhus and high fever. Gajendra KC of Bagchaur Municipality-1 Kalakhet of the district died due to screw typhus and 47-year-old Yankumari Khatri of Darma Rural Municipality 3 Duwang died due to high fever.
Dr. Head of Health Service Office Salyan who died during the treatment of both. Arjun Budha said. According to him, Gajendra KC of Bagchaur Municipality-1 Kalakhet was initially treated for a few days at a medical center in Bagchaur after he developed a fever and a high fever.
His high fever did not stop even after taking medicine and he had more breathing problems. His relatives brought him to District Hospital Salyan for treatment. According to the symptoms, scrub typhus was found during the immediate health examination.
Less than half an hour after Salyan was brought to the district hospital, he was referred to Nepalgunj after his health problems appeared and KC died in Nepalgunj. The old man informed. "Screw typhus patients are increasing in Salyan recently. He said, "KC had to die prematurely due to the delay in treatment because the disease could not be identified in time." According to the data of the office, 70 people in Salyan were treated at the district hospital in Salyan and returned home in three months.
Recently, the risk of screw typhus has been increasing in Salyan, and if the disease is not recognized, the patient's life is at risk due to the random use of fever medicine. The old man informed. He asked the district residents to come to the District Hospital Salyan for blood tests and treatment if they have problems such as high fever and body aches for several days.
Similarly, Yagya Bahadur Basnet, head of the health branch of Darma Rural Municipality, said that a female Khatri of Darma Rural Municipality 3 died during treatment in a hospital outside the district due to high fever. He informed that the woman showed symptoms similar to screw typhus, but it was not confirmed. He said that the seasonal fever patients have been increasing in the municipality recently and there is a problem in the treatment due to lack of blood testing system in the municipality.
