A woman died from scrub typhus in Chitwan on Saturday. The 36-year-old woman from Bardaghat Municipality-13 passed away while being treated at Bharatpur Hospital.
According to hospital spokesperson Dr. Ram Prasad Sapkota, she was admitted on Bhadra 4 (20 August) and was also suffering from epilepsy.
Meanwhile, Chief of the District Public Health Office, Dinesh Rupakheti, said scrub typhus has been found in 73 patients across different hospitals in the district. Among them, 58 are from Chitwan. Out of 1,530 tests conducted, 73 cases were confirmed.