In Birganj's Murali toll, 30 people have been admitted to hospital due to diarrhoea, three have been confirmed to have cholera.
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Cholera patients have been found in the new village of Virgunj Metropolitan Municipality-12 Murli. After receiving information about the cholera infection, Birgunj metropolis has mobilized a team of health workers to the affected area since Friday night for prevention and control.
A team including health workers from the Metropolitan Health Division and the District Health Office has reached the infected area to get information about the situation and started alerting the locals.
According to Navraj Phuyal, Press Adviser of Rajeshman Singh, Head of Birganj Metropolitan Municipality, about 30 residents of Murli Tol were admitted to Terai Hospital in Birganj due to diarrhea.
When a large number of patients came at once, the hospital looked suspicious and informed the metropolis. Soon after, in the tests conducted in coordination with Narayani Hospital and District Health Office, cholera bacteria Vibrio cholera was found in three people.
Among the infected are a 16-year-old boy, a 24-year-old youth and a 24-year-old woman. Among them, Raju Shah, Head of Metropolis Health Branch, has informed that the condition of the child is serious.
The sample of drinking water being used in the homes of Murli toll has been sent to the health science laboratory at Teku in Kathmandu for further testing.
A team of health workers has been going from house to house since Friday night to prevent the spread of cholera and alert the locals. The team informed about the measures to avoid cholera and requested to take any suspected patient to the nearest health institution immediately.
A team including district health office officer Jaymod Thakur, metro public health officer Sumanchandra Thakur and others are active in the awareness campaign.
Health Office Parsa officer Thakur said that there has been an outbreak of cholera in Parsa since last one decade. Vibrio cholerae causes cholera when it enters the body through contaminated food or water.
The symptoms of this disease include constant diarrhea, vomiting, stomach ache, blurred vision, lack of water in the body, muscle pain and fever. If not treated on time, it can even lead to death.
The metropolis has also called upon everyone to take special precautions to avoid cholera. It is requested to drink only boiled or purified water, wash and cook vegetables and greens with boiled water only, do not eat stale food, do not eat undercooked meat or fish, wash your hands frequently with soapy water, keep eating utensils clean and use clean toilets.
