Save lives of people
The
Himalayan Times
18 January
2018
Save
lives of people
Every
year in the remote hilly districts, local people, especially elderly and
children, used to heavily suffer from natural calamities, water borne diseases,
seasonal communicable and non-communicable diseases. Likewise, people in the
Tarai districts terribly suffer from cold waves and monsoon floods. Some of
them even lose their lives due to lack of awareness, late arrival of state
services and irresponsible acts of concerned local government machinery. The
common people would not have to suffer so much and not even lose their lives had
the government and its concerned authorities acted seriously on time.
In Jajarkot, 14 people have
already lost their lives due to outbreak of viral fever for the last three
weeks. Malnourished children and elderly people have been affected the most. Earlier,
a team of health workers dispatched from the Ministry of Health had reached the
affected areas two weeks ago and claimed that the viral fever would be brought
under control in a few days. But, it seems that the situation is becoming worse.
As reported, more people will die if the state machinery does not become
serious enough to control this viral outbreak. “Viral fever still out of
control in Jajarkot” (THT, January 16, Page 6).
It seems that the district based hospital;
local level health service delivery outlets and other social service
organizations have to collectively work to raise awareness among the people
about the cause of the seasonal outbreak of diseases and taking necessary
precautions in need of the hour.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharjgunj
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