Bajhang local unit dispatches health teams to highlands to aid yarsagumba pickers

Many people die from easily treatable ailments in the highlands due to lack of timely medical care.

Saipal Rural Municipality, a remote local unit in Bajhang district, has dispatched health workers to the highlands where thousands of yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinensis) collectors have gathered to forage for the highly-priced caterpillar fungus.