Yet another young girl lost her life in mid-western region of Nepal while following the practice of menstrual exclusion. This is not the first case of death in menstrual hut and no one can say for sure that similar cases won’t repeat in the future.
A Nepali girl has died in a “menstruation hut” after being bit by a snake. According to local media reports, a young girl was bitten twice by a snake and died on Friday morning in Dailekh district, a district lies in mid-western part of Nepal.
An-18-year-old girl Tulasi Shahi from Lainchaur of Chamunda Bindrasanini Municipality was bitten by a snake at around 10pm while following Chhaupadi, a tradition that banishes menstruating women to live in sheds outside the houses. She survived for nearly nine hours after the snake bite but succumbed to death because of lack of medical treatment, according to media reports. Continue reading →
Pragya Lamsal 