PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM

Man wades through flooded Gadchiroli nullahs to reach PHC, save malaria-hit child

The tribal, Pandu Jetti, trekked 3 km with his daughter, Ravina, from his Bangadi village on the fringes of Abujmarh to reach the twin nullahs outside his hamlet and then navigated the fierce flow of Gundenoor and Bangadi nullahs, which cut off the region from Gadchiroli district during the monsoons. Pandu, whose village is located beyond Laheri, the last police post of Maharashtra, travelled another 4 km to reach the PHC.

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