Feeling low Up high
The high altitude lodges of Mt Everest have become potent breeding grounds for influenza during the last climbing season. Alarm bells started ringing as forty climbers returned unwell to Kathmandu and almost half had H1N1,also known as swine flue. Prativa Pandey, medical director of Ciwec Hospital in Kathmandu says that the outbreak was unprecedented as it came outside the usual flu season . She believed the popularity of the treks has made the lodges congested, allowing the virus to easily spread. s
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