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Smallpox spreads in Bihar village; help comes ‘3 months late’
Updated On: 21 June, 2023 08:43 AM IST | Patna | Agencies
The patients alleged that they have not received any medical attention from the health department
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The infected people include children. Representation pic
More than 100 people from 35 families have been infected with smallpox in Triveniganj village in Bihar’s Supaul district, an official said. The infected people include children and elderly people. The patients alleged that they have not received any medical attention from the health department. The district health department did not know about the spread of the disease until Monday while the infection had been spreading since the past three months, the patients said.
They said they were undergoing treatment at the local level. “A medical team arrived on Tuesday. We have assisted them with the identification of the patients. The infection keeps spreading in the area,” said Mohammad Ismyle, a resident of ward number 4 of Triveniganj. “As soon as we learnt about the disease, we sent a medical team to the village to provide treatment to the infected people. Process of identifying the patients is currently underway,” said Dr Mihir Kumar, civil surgeon of Supaul.
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