27 people suffering from scrub typhus in Dhadheldhura

September 4, Dhadheldhura : Twenty seven persons have been detected with scrub typhus.

Lab In-Charge at Dadeldhura Hospital, Ishwori Prasad Bhushal, informed that among 28 patients, 27 were founded suffering from the disease.

They were found in ten days while checking the patients suffering fever. A total of 128 fever patients underwent treatment at the hospital recently. The health facility is visited by the people from Baitadi, Darchula, Bajhang and Doti districts as well.

Fever, muscle strain, severe headache, sweating, and coughing are the symptoms of the scrub typhus, said Medical Superintendent at the Hospital, Jitendra Kandel.