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First death recorded in Nepal due to covid 19
A 29-year-old woman from Sindhupalchowk district died at Dhulikhel Hospital yesterday of coronavirus.
This is the first coronavirus death in Nepal. A press release issued by the Ministry of Health and Population yesterday evening confirmed that the woman had died due to coronavirus while undergoing treatment at Dhulikhel Hospital.
The woman, who was choking for breath when she was admitted to the hospital, was intubated, but she died while undergoing treatment.
Laboratory samples collected from the departed at Dhulikhel Hospital had tested positive for COVID-19, but the hospital sent the samples to the National Public Health Laboratory in Kathmandu for reconfirmation. The ministry said additional tests confirmed that the woman had died due to COVID-19.
According to the hospital source, the body of the deceased was taken to Pashupati Aryaghat for cremation.
The woman, a resident of Barhabise Municipality, Sindhupalchowk, was admitted to Dhulikhel Hospital at around 9:30pm on Thursday with fever and respiratory problems.
The woman had delivered a baby on May 6 at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and returned home in Barhabise the next day.
Following her death, the hospital administration sealed the emergency department and its medical unit and quarantined four doctors and health professionals who had come in contact with the woman. The deceased’s husband and 11-year-old daughter have also been quarantined.
Laboratory samples of the deceased’s husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law have also been collected. Government authorities are also trying to test the woman’s baby for COVID-19. Dead body was safely wrapped .
Staff wearing protective gear accompanied by a member of the deceased’s family, who also wore personal protective equipment in the catafalque to the cremation ground were sent by the hospital and local level.
The catafalque was escorted by a police van.
