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Video x-ray service introduced in Jajarkot ultra-remote villages

Video x-ray service introduced in Jajarkot ultra-remote villages

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Clinical lead Doctor Al Story points to an x-ray showing a pair of lungs infected with TB (tuberculosis) during an interview with Reuters on board the mobile X-ray unit screening for TB in Ladbroke Grove in London January 27, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/Files

JAJARKOT: A health post located at an ultra-remote village in Jajarkot has been equipped with the facility of video x-ray service. The Dilli Health Post, located in Triveni Nalgadh Municipality-7, has launched the video x-ray service. The locals of eight villages including the Triveni Nalgadh Municipality, Tallo Dolpa of Barkot Rural Municipality and the western rim of Rukum are now able to use the service. The video x-ray service has been introduced with the economic support from the Ministry of Health and Jajarkot lawmaker Shakti Bahadur Basnet. Thousands of locals have been spared extra expenses and unnecessary trouble with the introduction of the new service. Previously, thousands of villagers were compelled to go to Chaujahari in Rukum, Nepalgunj and Surkhet to seek the service. The health post has also been preparing to launch a standard postmortem examination facility with economic support from the municipality.