Darchula : Two days after the Health Directorate Far-west province issued a directive to the health authorities to set up a health help desk in the border points with India, a girl was found suffering from Malaria.
Dipa Bhatta,15, a resident of Jayajhul in Mahakali municipality-3 was diagnosed with the disease at the district hospital. Bhatta, who had been suffering from fever since a long time, was confirmed carrying the disease following a lab test, public health officer at the hospital, Narendra Raj Joshi said.
This is the first time that a person has been found carrying the disease in Darchula. It was earlier known as a malaria-free district. Following the disclosure, high alert has been exercised in areas adjoining the district headquarters Khalanga, Joshi said.
Meanwhile, a health team is being mobilized from Tuesday in Jayajhul to check if any more people are suffering from the communicable disease. The locals have also been suggested to use mosquito nets and adopt other means to save themselves from bite of mosquitoes that spread the disease.
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