A pregnant woman has died due to lack of treatment on December 14. Maya Gurung, 25, of Sungdel4 died while being brought to the district hospital in Surkhet, according to her family.

Her husband Tul Bahadur Gurung said that they had brought her by carrying her for two days to the district hospital. It takes one and half days walk to reach Sungdel from the district headquarters Diktel. The locals have been deprived of reliable services and facilities as there is only a sub-health post in the village.<