INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 18Snakebites patients in Mugu district are facing grave difficulty
in availing treatment in their locality due to lack of snakebite treatment centre in the district.
50 percent of patients visiting hospitals found suffering from
conjunctivitis
Poisonous snakes found in Terai
have begun appearing in the hilly areas lately
Hence, more and more cases of snakebites are reported in the hilly areas as well these days.Dr Kamal Dhungana, Chief of the District
Hospital in Mugu, shared that there was a shortage of trained doctors to treat the snakebite patients in the hospital"
He added, "There is a problem in the treatment of snakebite patients due to lack of anti-snake venom serum, ICU and ventilator."
Snakebite patients who come to the District Hospitals are sent outside of the district for treatment, according to him.Baidevi Sejuwal
of Chayannath Rara Municipality-4 complained that she was bitten by a snake last June and had to be treated by the Jharphuk method after the
snakebite was not treated at the district hospital
She demanded that the snakebite treatment service should be availed in the district hospital.Similarly, Karna Bahadur Budha of Chayanath
Rara Municipality-12 bemoaned over the lack of snakebite treatment centre in the district hospital.
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