Over 70 people sick after consuming buff meat

PALPA, Oct 6: More than 70 people have fallen sick after consuming buff meat in Arghakhanchi district on Tuesday. Seventy persons from 15 families of Arghakhanchi´s Khan VDC -1 have been suffering from diarrhea and vomiting.



Lekh Nath Bhusal, in-charge of Khan Health Center said that the meat was kept in a bag that contained pesticide. The patients are being treated at Khan Health Center. The number of patients has been increasing every other day, locals said.



Chief of Public Health Office, Arghakhanchi, Chitra Prasad Sharma Wagle, said that additional medicines and health officers had been brought from District Hospital Sandhikharka for the treatment of the affected people.

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