INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEPALGUNJ, SEPTEMBER 10Narainapur Rural Municipality of Banke district has recorded a
patient of Japanese encephalitis
A nine-year-old girl was found detected with Japanese encephalitis, the Bheri Hospital said.
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Pediatrician Dr Pratima Khadka said the girl suffering
Japanese encephalitis was receiving treatment at ICU and she had normal health condition at present."The laboratory report confirmed that
the child had got the virus," she added.
Chief at District Health Office, Angad Bahadur Shahi, informed that it was not
clear whether the girl was immunized against the Japanese encephalitis.However, there is a mandatory provision that the children from 12 to
23 months since birth are immunized against the Japanese encephalitis.According to medical persons, virus of Japanese encephalitis is found
Once the mosquito of culex species bite human, it transmits the disease.The virus causes fever, nausea, shivering and headache, according to
Dr Sanket Kumar Risal, information officer at Bheri Hospital.Meanwhile, the hospital has set up a separate ward for the patients suffering
Three girls are undergoing treatment here
Among them, one is critical, Dr Khadka added.
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