Health desks lack masks, IR thermometer in Bajura

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BAJURA: The well being desks established in Bajura district lack surgical masks and infrared thermometers. The well being staff have been discovered carrying material masks.

There are 21 well being desks, 15 quarantine centres and two isolation wards within the district.

The well being desk in Pilichaur, Jagannath Rural Municipality-1 had neither surgical masks nor the infrared thermometer, well being employee Badri Bahadur Shahi mentioned.

Likewise, the well being desk established in Pipaldali and Pandusain of Budhinanda Municipality-1 additionally lacked masks and thermometer.

The well being desk in Badhu, Himali Rural Municipality-7 has an infrared thermometer, nonetheless, there’s lack of masks, in response to auxiliary nursing mid-wife (ANM) Anita Kadayat. She mentioned that the well being staff on the desk had been alternatively, utilizing material masks.

Bajura District Health Office Chief Dayakrishna Panta mentioned, as a consequence of lack of thermometers and different medical gear, the well being desks had been restricted to offering data on stopping coronavirus and taking information of individuals arriving in from India.

Bajura’s Chief District Officer Ganga Prasad Neupane mentioned the administration couldn’t handle the well being desks as a consequence of scarcity of medical gear.

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