Tropical diseases detected in high-altitude places

Several dengue, scrub typhus and Kala-azar cases have been reported in the high hill districts of Okhaldhunga and Kalikot in recent years, health workers say.

Netra Bahadur Nembang of Bhairabtol in Siddhicharan Municipality-12, Okhaldhunga, suffered from an unusually high fever last month. In his feeble state, he took himself to Okhaldhunga Community Hospital in the district headquarters to get himself checked. Health workers at the hospital confirmed dengue . Nembang, who had not left his settlement in the last few months, was surprised to hear the diagnosis.