80 college students in Mahottari fall sick

Kathmandu: Around 80 students have been down with fever for around six days.

The students are studying in the fifth semester of their Bachelor's degree at the College of Natural Resource Management in Bardibas-6 in Mahottari district. The college said that the ill students had high fevers and headaches. They are scheduled to appear in examinations from coming Friday.

Following this, a team of doctors from Bardibas Hospital reached the college and conducted a health test on the students. 'Of them, three are confirmed infected with dengue, ' said the hospital medical officer Dr. Kishor Adhikari.

'Consumption of polluted water is also blamed for fever in the students,' said the campus chief Hari Bhujel. Bardibas-6 coordinated with the hospital to take health tests of the ill students, said the municipality ward chair Padam Alemagar, adding that some of the ill students are receiving treatment in a local health institution and some others in Bardibas Hospital. 'The municipality mayor is regularly inquiring about the health condition of the ill students, 'said Alemagar.

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