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Ministry of Health and Population urges for prevention of post-quake disease outbreak


Nepalnews
2023 Nov 08, 12:40,

 The government has urged the bodies concerned to carry out works for the prevention of possible disease outbreaks, malnutrition, and psycho-social problems following the earthquake and for their proper management.

Ministry spokesman Dr Prakash Budhathoki said the Ministry has urged all the concerned agencies for the same.

He said the Ministry has today mobilized a three-member team from the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division to the earthquake-hit areas to assess in coordination with the provinces the likelihood of disease outbreak.

The Ministry stated that the people injured due to the earthquake and its aftershocks are being provided medical treatment at the health post and hospitals at the respective local level wards or at the provincial hospital in the district.

Among those injured persons referred for treatment, 19 are receiving treatment at the Provincial Hospital Surkhet, 46 at the Bheri Hospital Nepalgunj, eight at the TU Teaching Hospital Kathmandu and one at the National Trauma Centre.

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