THT Impact: Three stranded Bajura children rescued
Three children that had been left in a lurch after their father went missing and their mother married another man in Budhinanda Municipality of Bajura district, have been rescued.
Six children, including the newly-born twin sons of Rithu Dhami of Bajura’s Khaptad Chhededaha Rural Municipality have been rescued. Twenty-nine-year-old Rithu died just some time after she bore her twins.
The Kalyan Foundation has provided scholarship to as many as 10 vulnerable children in Bajura. The scholarship program was launched to assist the orphaned and children in need of financial assistance to pursue higher education.
MARTADI, August 18: Number of patients suffering from viral fever has started increasing in Bajura district in recent days.
Children below five years of age are mostly affected by the disease, said Dr Prakash Raj Joshi, Chief of the District Hospital.
He said 37 children were treated for viral fever over the last two weeks and still the rate of infection has not decreased.
Four children who needed advanced treatment and could not be treated at the District Hospital have been referred to bigger hospitals in cities, Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) Bishnu Kumari Rawal said.
Although the symptoms look like seasonal flu, the number of patients suffering from fever and pneumonia has been increasing.
Daily 15 to 20 viral fever patients have been coming to the Hospital seeking treatment, said Nriparaj Giri, Information Officer at the Hospital. He added that 10 patients have been hospitalized.
Viral fever patients have increased at Khaptad Chhededaha Rural Municipality, according to the Aatichaur Health Post in-charge Ramesh Bahadur Oli.
Similarly, the number of people suffering from viral fever has climbed at Kolti Primary Health Centre in the north-east part of the district.
MARTADI, June 27: Muktikot village of Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality-1 in Bajura has suffered food shortage. The prolonged drought and COVID-19 crisis led to the emergence of food crisis in the village.
Local Bal Bahadur BK said the village is home to around 400 Dalit families and they are struggling to meet their daily food requirements.
They are out of work due to COVID-19 crisis. “We have neither job nor food,” he said. India is the labour destination for a majority of youths in the village. But with the outbreak of second wave of the pandemic, they returned homes and are staying idle. The local production is sufficient to the requirement just for a month. They rely on market for almost throughout the year, according to locals.
Muktikot is gripped by the food crisis and malnutrition is the common health issue among children here, according to Swamikartik Rural Municipality information officer Kuber Shahi. Children, pregnant and aged people are the most affected. Malnutrition is one of the reasons for the child mortality rate in the village.
The village has not got any support from the federal and province governments yet. The Poor House Hold Identity Board’s-2072 report states that 75 percent households in Swamikartik fall below the poverty line. Out of 2,185 households, 1,038 are living with absolute poverty, the report shows.
