Separate wards set up for diarrhoea patients in Narainapur

By Siraj Khan,Nepalgunj, Sept. 10: Separate wards (treatment rooms) have been set up in two health institutions of Narainapur Rural Municipality in Banke after the number of diarrhoea patients started increasing in the area.

Narainapur Rural Municipality is considered the remotest area in Banke district.   

Nagendra Kumar Shah, Chief of the Health Section of the rural municipality, said a separate ward (treatment room) has been set up in Laxmanpur Primary Health Centre in Ward No. 2 and Gangapur Health Post in Ward No. 6 by arranging additional human resources and medicines.

Emergency health services have also been introduced in both health institutions, he said, adding that work has also been started to generate awareness among the locals about diarrhoea and seasonal flu.

Shah said that 10 to 15 patients can be admitted in the separate wards.

Eight health workers have been deployed for the treatment of diarrhoea patients, he said. “Five patients were admitted to the new wards on Saturday alone.”

Last week, four people of the same family died due to vomiting, diarrhoea and severe fever in Gegli village of Narainapur-3. 

An investigation by the Health Office, Banke, revealed that they died due to lack of timely treatment.

Similarly, one person from Sonbarsha of Narainapur Rural Municipality-6 and another from Belhari of Janaki Rural Municipality-5 also died of diarrhoea. 

According to the Health Office, Banke, an alert has been taken in Nepalgunj and Narainapur as six people have died in the district and the number of patients is increasing. 

A separate ward for diarrhoea patients has already been brought into operation in Bheri Hospital, said Sanket Kumar Risal, information officer of the hospital. 

According to doctors, with the change in weather, the number of patients suffering from diarrhoea has started increasing in different parts of the district. 

They said climate change, problems in eating habits, contamination of water sources, the tradition of open defecation and drinking water without purifying it were some of the reasons for the outbreak of diarrhoea.