Mystery disease identified
Mystery disease identified
Published: 04:47 pm May 08, 2009
GORKHA: The mystery disease that triggered panic in remote Gumda VDC for the past two weeks has been identified. Health Minister Giriraj Mani Pokhrel arrived here on Thursday along with a team of officials. He announced that Post Viral Pneumonia led to the death of 13 villagers. Dr Gunaraj Lohani, chief, district health and medical superintendent, said that so far around 100 patients had been treated for the outbreak. A majority of the patients is children. Gumda VDC is located around 75 km from district headquarters. The disease is spreading to adjoining Uhiya VDC as well.