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66 new leprosy patients including 6 children have been found in Jhapa. From July to December of the current financial year, that number of new leprosy patients have been found.
According to Birendra Das, leprosy focal person of the district health office, 11 new leprosy patients have been found in Bhadrapur, the highest among the 15 municipalities.
One each in Kankai Municipality, Mechinagar, Buddhashanti and Arjundhara, seven in Shivasatakshi, three in Kamal, 10 in Damak, five each in Gauradah and Gauriganj, two each in Jhapa Rural Municipality and Bahardashi, six in Birtamod, four in Haldibari and eight in Kachankaval. have fallen . In the financial year 2079/80, 160 and 122 new leprosy patients have been found in 2080/81.
District Health Office Chief Ramesh Barakoti says that the incidence of elephantiasis is also high in the district. He said that the number of elephantiasis patients in the district is about 2,200.
Provincial Hospital Bhadrapur and Damak Hospital are providing free treatment for elephantiasis. Dr. Sujan Kafle of Provincial Hospital Bhadrapur said that a separate Outpatient Department (OPD) service for the treatment of elephantiasis has been started in the hospital since the financial year 2079/80.
'The government provides 200,000 annually for the treatment of elephantiasis,' he said. It is not enough, there are many patients from the poor, they do not come for treatment due to lack of finances", said Dr. Kafle .
