Monday, September 7, 2020

Upper Dolpa folks deprived of lifesaving health services

Kathmandu,8 September: Children of the upper Dolpa district hardly get lifesaving immunization service for six months which is normally available round the year in the urban and accessible areas. Owing to geographical remoteness and excessive cold, the children of four rural municipalities of Dolpa are not accessing the vital service for six months,reports journalist Hemanta KC.

According to the Health Service Office Dolpa, the children of upper Dolpa have been administered with immunization service from mid-March to mid-August every year. The office further said the service has been made available for six months as it can be transported only during hot season

Since the particular geography of the district sees snowfall during the cold season, it is difficult to supply the vaccines to the area. Though the well-off people descend to lower Dolpa and other part of the country to access vaccination service to their children, there is no situation for economically backward families to have the most-required health service in upper Dolpa.

In-charge of Public Health Section under the District Health Service Amar Singh Shahi shared that there is no situation to supply vaccines and other lifesaving drugs to upper Dolpa through any transport means apart from helicopters.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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