67 Measles Patients Recover in Baglung's Dhorpatan; 20 Remain Isolated

Baglung. Among the patients affected by measles in Dhorpatan, 67 have returned home, while 20 are currently undergoing treatment in 'isolation'.

A total of 126 patients suffering from measles, which spread in Dhorpatan since the first week of Falgun, were kept in isolation and treated at Bobang Health Post and Burtibang Hospital. The villages of Bobang, Serabang, and Lakuribot were affected by the measles outbreak.

According to Pravin Sharma, Chief of the Provincial Public Health Office, 20 patients are currently being treated, with 16 at Burtibang Hospital and four at Bobang Health Post.

The intensive search and treatment of patients began after measles infection was confirmed in seven individuals whose samples were tested at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu.

Meanwhile, according to Raju Khatri, Vaccine 'Supervisor' at the Public Health Office, 5,767 people have been vaccinated against measles. Vaccinations were administered to adolescents aged 10 to 19 across all wards of the municipality.