700 Maoist combatants of Shaktikhor camp fall ill

700 Maoist combatants of Shaktikhor camp fall ill

Some 700 Maoist fighters at the Shaktikhor cantonment in Chitwan district have fallen sick.

According to 'Binod', the health chief of the camp, most of the combatants of the camp are suffering from viral infection since a week due to contaminated drinking water and are running high fever. Some of them have also been afflicted from typhoid, jaundice and other skin diseases. Their condition has become critical due to lack of medical treatment.

Binod said some 700 have already been afflicted with one or the other disease and the number is growing with each passing day. "The combatants are receiving primary treatment at the 10-bed hospital in the main cantonment. But they are not getting sufficient rest due to lack of proper management in their camps," Binod said.

He said the camps haven't yet received all the medicine supplies even though the District Health chief has already been informed about the problem.

The Maoist combatants have fallen sick after drinking water from the river which has become contaminated due to floods in recent days. The camp lacks proper management of drinking water. nepalnews.com ag July 30 07