Kathmandu, Nepal -- Health officials say about 20 children in a remote village in northwest Nepal have died in the past month after contracting diarrhea.
Newspaper reports say about 300 people in the area of Khin village in Kalikot district are infected with the disease, NepalNews.com said Wednesday.
The deaths are being blamed on a lack of medical supplies, health workers and clean drinking water.
Officials say a five-person medical team has been dispatched with medicine but had not yet reached the area.
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Death from Diarrhea?
I have heard of some strange things happening, but death from diarrhea, that has got to be the worst.