In rural Salyan, an uphill struggle for medical care

Some villagers say they’d rather endure the pain and resort to traditional healing methods than walk for hours to get medical treatment.

Nandalal Oli, 50, has been suffering from fever for the past couple of days. After he fell ill, his family rushed him to the basic health centre at Daredhunga in Setikhola, an hour and a half downhill from their residence in Kochhatte, Kalimati Rural Municipality-2. But Oli’s treatment was not possible there. His family then took him to the health post at Putalibazar, the centre of the rural municipality, a two and half hour's walk from Daredhunga.