The malaria scourge is rapidly spreading in the Nawadih block of the Bokaro district, throwing Health Department officials off guard . It has claimed more than three lives while many more are battling for life. Reports from the rural areas of Nawadih block speak of more casualties due to the scourge going unchecked.
Three deaths have been reported from Pokharia, Dengagarah and Banshi villages of Nawadih block .According to details available three deaths at Ambachua, Dengagarah and Banshi villages have occurred during the last 24 hours causing panic among villagers .Three victim have been identified as 30 year old Shiv lal Manjhi son of lodhi Manjhi, 12 year old Rahul Kumar son of Sukhdeo Turi and 22 year old woman of Banshi village, who died with malaria.
All three Ambachua, Degagarah and Banshi villages are thickly populated under Nawadih block is known to be a Naxal –infested area.
Sources said given the seriousness of the situation, authorizes have rushed medical teams with adequate supply of medicine to the two villages to treat the affected people.
The patients admitted at different health hospital Nawadih and Bokaro Thermal hospital have been identified as Payasi devi,Gulu Turi, Ramesh Tudu ,lal chand Manjhi ,Budhu Manjhi ,Khirodhar Mahto,Dhaneshwar Mahto,Sujit Kumar ,Pusan Mahto ,Chander Deo Manjhi ,and others .
More over, no step to fight out the emergency has yet been adopted by the health department and the people have been left in lurch to fight it out themselves –a villager said.