Pratima Giri
Kumaripati, June 7, 2011
Panic has gripped the people of Panbari in Siraha district with an unknown illness, which made inroads into the village on April 30, killed one more villager — Bharat Kumar Danuwar (30) — taking the toll to six.
Two others — Anuragi Sada (60) and Ram Kumari Singh (45) — have been undergoing treatment at a Mirchaiya-based nursing home in a critical condition. Locals Asarfi Sada, Ram Dulari Sadaya, Bishwonath Lama, Jagadev Singh and Hari Narayan Singh Danuwar died of the disease on different dates. According to Bechan Singh, a local, the patients show symptoms like sweating, headache, respiratory problems and dizziness. “The disease is similar to the one that spread in India earlier,” Bechan said.
With the death toll mounting, the family of Binod Singh left the village today. While a team comprising CDO Birendra Bahadur Baniya, SP Bikas Shrestha and two officials from the District Public Health Office — Dr Manisha Yadav and Dr Daya Shankar Lal Karna — visited the village today itself to take stock of the situation.Responding to Dr Karna’s suggestion that a special team from the centre should visit the area to look into the disease, CDO Baniya said he has already informed the Home Ministry in Kathmandu about the situation and asked for a special team.
After a visit to the village, a team of health workers from the DPHO had concluded that consumption of an addictive substance called narcotin and hooch adulterated with chemical fertiliser had caused the deaths. The villagers have demanded that Kathmadnu send a special team to probe the deaths.
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