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Poor health & nutrition service delivery in villages cause of higher morbidity & mortality rate

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Poor health & nutrition service delivery in villages cause of higher morbidity & mortality rate                          Mathura Raut, a 30 year old woman of Mahulpadar village died in the government Health Centre (CHC) of Boden in Nuapada district on 2 nd of August. She was admitted to the hospital by her parents with complaint of diarrhea. The doctor acted immediately but could not save her life as other complicacies also developed. “She recovered from diarrhea but developed breathing problem and died due to cardiac arrest” said Dr. Soren who treated her in the hospital. “The cause of cardiac arrest might have been severe anemia. She was referred to the CHC of Khariar but she did not go” he added. Mathura’s husband Bhakta is a migrant worker. He had left home a week ago for Hyderabad in search of work leaving Mathura with her parents....