Bajhang, Jan. 29 -- month-old son of Isara Gurdhami, a resident of Bahuradi in ward 5 of Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, was ill. He had for long been suffering from diarrhoea and fever.

After hearing that treatment for such an illness was available at Tamtana of neighbouring Bungal Municipality-5, Isara took her ailing son to Krishna Kunwar's house in December last week. He administered injections to both mother and her baby. She returned home after Krishna assured that the ailing son would recover within a few days.

But the treatment did not work. Instead, the child's health worsened. High fever led to short breathing. Panic-stricken Isara informed her brother-in-law Pratap Gurdhami. They rushed the infant to Khiratadi Health Post in Bun...