Nepalmountainnews Report | 9 Jul 2008
Sudden eruption of an unknown disease have killed four persons while hundreds have been affected in Bajura of western Nepal.
Ward numbers 5, 6 and 7 of Kolti VDC in the district were more affected where the four were killed within the past four days due to lack of medicine, reports say. 
It has been learnt that all patients suffering from this disease have similar symptoms of fever and pain in the upper and lower limbs, causing the patients to be bedridden. However, due to lack of medical services in these villages, the disease is yet to be identified.
According to the media reports, Khante Rokaya, 40, Birjitey Rokaya, 35, Khanti Rokaya, 60, and Kala Rokaya, 45, have died due to the disease.
Some Kolti villagers on Tuesday had reached District Public Health Office (DPHO) at the district headquarters Martadi seeking immediate medical attention for patients suffering from the mysterious disease.
DPHO however informed that it cannot act on the matter unless the health post at Kolti, responsible for health services of the disease-hit villages, confirms the disease officially.
Kolti health office, on the other hand, lacks even one pill of general medicine, let alone a health professional, according to villagers.
Measles outbreak in Doti
An outbreak of measles has spread to different wards in eastern part of Kadamadau village development committee in the far-western regional hilly district of Doti for the past two weeks.
More than 50 children in Ward No 9 of the VDC have been suffering from the disease, said Mansari Devi Kathayat, who reached the district headquarters Silgadhi, to treat her kids.
The disease has hit hard the infants, Kathayat said, adding that at least 35 children were affected within a week.
The local health post has been running short of medicine to cure the disease, forcing the guardians to visit the district hospital, Silgadhi, and Dipayal, said Dhauli Devi Kathayat, another local.
The measles outbreak was also seen in Rajpur. Head of the Doti district hospital Mahendra Shrestha said a team of health workers would be sent to the affected areas soon.
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