The house of Gobind Malla was demolished in Nalgad Municipality-4, Aunal. Inside the house were Malla, his wife Sarita Sah, their one-year-old son and their 3-year-old daughter. Dilli Bahadur Rawal of Nalgad, Delhi, who is also a relative, says, “The house collapsed in one fell swoop, the two walls crushed the son and the daughter. Even though the two walls were crushed, the mother saved her one-year-old son.”
Relatives immediately rescued the one-year-old son and brought him to the primary health post at Nalgad. Hospital Dr. According to Vishal Upreti, if there had been some delay in bringing the child, the life could not have been saved. “We kept him by giving oxygen, he is still being treated”, Upreti told Red Star Khabar, “But now the child’s condition is out of danger.”
Dr. stated that his treatment was possible because he was brought on time. Upreti said, “Those brought on time were saved, but even though the earthquake did not happen until noon, the hospital was not full of patients until 4 o’clock.” “The biggest human loss in Jajarkot is the lack of timely treatment,” said Dr. Upreti says.
According to him, so far only 50 people have died in Nalgad municipality of Jajarkot.
“We had announced that 49 people had died, now with the death of one more person, the number has reached 50”, Upreti added, “that one person died because he did not receive treatment in time.”
He said that due to the lack of road facilities, the injured could not be brought in time. “Ambulances were also stuck on the road for a long time”, he said, “even if there was no problem on the road, many were saved.” It happened on 1 The injured are there because the road has not yet been put into operation there.
“Some of them are sitting there thinking nothing will happen, and some have been carried away”, said Dr. Upreti said, ‘There is a situation where a team should be sent there for treatment.’
According to him, due to the situation of providing services only from the hospital, now Ward No. Mobile teams of health workers have been deployed in wards 1, 3, 5 and 7.
Ward no. Due to the blockage of the road network on the 1st, there was also a problem in bringing dead bodies.
“When there was a problem in bringing the dead bodies, I went there and did the postmortems of 22 people”, Upreti said, “Since I was not in a position to bring the bodies to the hospital, I did not even keep the bodies there, while the other teams were working, I went there and did the postmortems.”
According to him, teams of the Nepali Army and Armed Police Force are now trying to open the road. roadie says that the number of injured brought to operational hospitals may increase.
“Now Dr. from District Hospital Rukum. Osin Magar has also come, we are also working together with other health workers, he said. However, we are providing treatment by management.
According to Bishnu Sah, a health worker at Nalgad Hospital, earlier this was a primary health center and it has been upgraded to a hospital. “Earlier there were only 14, 15 health workers, but now there are 24”, Sah told Red Star Khabar.
According to him, most of the patients who came to the hospital had head injuries. Dr. According to Upreti, 85 people injured in the earthquake have been treated in the hospital so far. Most of those who died had severe head injuries.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda also came to Nalgad and inspected the hospital. He met the victims of the earthquake. He says that Prime Minister Prachanda also promised to send a team of health workers.
“We sent 7 patients by airlift in the helicopter where the Prime Minister came”, Dr. Upreti told Red Star News, “One of them, a serious patient, died during treatment at Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj.”
The condition of the hospital is critical
The only hospital in Nalgad Municipality itself was affected by the earthquake. The building of the emergency center is cracked.
“After the hospital building is cracked, there is a risk to treat it inside”, said Dr. Upreti says, ‘That’s why we are treating some of them by keeping them outside.’
According to health workers, there is no shortage of medicine in the hospital. However, health equipment is not good. The hospital also lacks oxygen cylinders. “There is an oxygen cylinder that came during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that too needs to be brought to the headquarters to be filled,” said another health worker at the hospital.
According to doctors, the hospital does not have good X-ray and UCG machines. “The district hospital that we recommend is in Jajarkot, but the district itself is also a problem”, say the doctors, “even if it were during such a problem, it would have been noticed by the relevant authorities.”
After the damage to the spring due to the earthquake, there is no water in the stream of Nalgad village. Earthquake victims are sitting outside their houses in the cold all night. Food is also a problem.
“In this way, there is a risk of more diseases, the number of patients with problems such as diarrhea, chest infection may increase, preparations should be made for this”, Dr. Upreti adds, “Even though it is a difficult time, the government also paid attention to the health equipment needed for the long term would be easy.