The death toll from high fever and scrub typhus has reached five in various parts of Salyan.
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One more man has died of high fever in Salyan, where fever and scrub typhus patients are on the rise. The deceased is Tekam Chand, 40, a resident of Dhankadam, Darma Rural Municipality-5, in the district.
The number of deaths from high fever and scrub typhus in various parts of Salyan has reached five. Chand died in the hospital after his relatives took him to Nepalgunj for treatment after he developed a fever a few days ago and did not improve despite taking medicine, said Yagya Bahadur Basnet, head of the health department of Darma Rural Municipality. He informed that Chand had high fever along with scrub typhus and dengue-like symptoms, according to his relatives. He informed that Chand had been suffering from high fever along with scrub typhus and dengue-like symptoms.
According to him, Chand had heart and chest problems even though the report was not received when he inquired about the deceased from the hospital doctor. Earlier, in the last week of Asoj, Yankumari Khatri, a 47-year-old woman from Duwang, Darma Rural Municipality-3, died due to high fever.
As the number of fever and scrub typhus patients has been increasing in Darma recently, preparations are being made to test the blood of those with high fever and refer those with more serious problems to the district hospital, Basnet said.
Chief of the District Health Office, Salyan, Dr. Arjun Budhamagar said that one man died of scrub typhus and three of them died of fever in Asoj. He said that people are buying medicine from medical stores and taking it because of fever and there is a problem in identifying the disease. He said that the blood of patients is being tested in the affected areas as the risk of scrub typhus is increasing.
