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Two Chepang kids with skin disease deprived of treatment
Piplamaya Chepang of Lothar VDC-7 in the district is worried about the treatment of her two children suffering from skin diseaseBimal Khatiwada
citing her financial problems. Piplamaya’s seven-year son Arjun and five-year-old Rijal are suffering from skin disease since birth and complain of itches.
“They developed the disease since birth, however, we are not sure how to treat them,” said Piplamaya.
She said that she has not managed to take the children to hospital as she cannot afford it.
“The other reason we did not take them to hospital was because we thought the disease could cure itself,” she said, adding that they took them to a witch doctor instead, but to no avail.
She said that they are struggling to manage two squares of meal a day, thus, their treatment at a hospital seems a far cry. Both children reportedly do not go to school due to the disease.
However, Piplamaya’s two other children are healthy. “We do not know what disease they are suffering from,” said Subba Chepang, a local resident.
Piplamaya was distressed on the fact that there is no one to lend them money for the treatment but believed that the disease would be cured if treated right.