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Jajarkot health post struggling to provide service in absence of doctors

Jajarkot health post struggling to provide service in absence of doctors

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

A doctor checking viral fever patients in Jajarkot, on Monday. Photo: THT

JAJARKOT: The body of one Narendra Gharti of Barekot Rural Municipality-2 in Jajarkot district has been stayed put for postmortem at a health post at Limsa for two days, thanks to unavailability of a doctor. 'We have no idea what to do with Gharti's body, as it is yet to be examined,' said a local resident Bishnu Jyoti. Health workers have told that preparations were underway to bring a doctor from nearby Dalli health post in Nalgadh Municipality to examine Gharti's body, he added. Gharti fell off a cliff while returning from a function on March 5. Besides, the health facility is finding it difficult to cater to visiting patients for want of a doctor and health staffers. The health post has two vacant posts for MBBS doctor. A doctor posted to the health post is also absent from work for the past one month, further aggravating the matter, said a health worker. Likewise, the Jajarkot District Hospital is struggling to provide service following disruption in power supply for the past one week.