RAMECHHAP: Viral fever has gripped Gaushwara VDC of Ramechhap for the past one week. The disease has taken the form of an epidemic. According to Ambe BK, a local, almost all people of wards 6, 7, 8 and 9 have fallen ill. “The district has been hit hard and the number of patients has been increasing every day. To make matters worse, local health facilities have run out of health workers and drugs,” complained locals. Pasewan Health Post is three hours walk from the viral fever-hit VDC and an office assistant has been running it.