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> Diarrhoea patients on rise in quake hit Khokana
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> LALITPUR, APR 28 - With the lack of safe drinking water after the April 25 earthquake <http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/earthquake-2094.html> , people in Khokana village, the southern outskirt of the Kathmandu Valley, has begun suffering from diarrhoea.
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> Although the villagers initially got treatment at local health posts, the number of the sufferers increased. So, they were referred to better hospital and the health camps run by the Nepal Army, said a local social worker, Nepal Dangol.
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> Similarly, Shivaram Baniya from Adarshashaul Higher Secondary School said more than 100 diarrhoea patients have been provided treatment at health camps run by a joint team of Nepal Army and the Bangladesh Army. RSS
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> Posted on: 2015-04-28 11:41
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