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Lesson Health
2.5

FACTS Make Sure you brush and floss your teeth twice
to Understand a day to avoid plaque. Plaque produces smelly
gases and bacteria which lead to bad breath
and gum disease.

Case Study

Narayan Thakur is a resident of Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural
Municipality -7. One day in Baisakh 2073 he accidentally
fell off from a tree and suffered a head injury. He was in a
very serious condition and required immediate treatment
but he didn’t have enough money.

He was taken to a hospital for treatment but there was no spare bed. Again he was taken to
another hospital but unfortunately the doctor had gone on strike, so, they refused to treat him.
In this way he spent 5 hours. His situation was critical. Finally, he was admitted to a nearby
the government hospital and got good treatment at low cost. Later his neighbours also came
and supported him financially. With good treatment and care of doctors and nurses, Narayan
got speedy recovery.

The above case study shows that in a democratic country people expect the government
to work for their welfare. This could be through the provision of education, health,
employment, housing or the development of roads, electricity, etc. In this lesson we
shall find out the meaning and problems as well as solutions related to health in Nepal.
Health means our ability to remain free of illness and injuries. But health isn’t only
about diseases. Apart from diseases we need to think of other factors that affect our
health. For example, if people get clean drinking water or a pollution-free environment
they are likely to be healthy. On the other hand if people do not get adequate food
to eat or have to live in cramped condition, they suffer from illness and cannot enjoy
food, games and study.

Health as Pre-requisites of Development

Health is the greatest wealth. According to the World Health Organization (WHO)
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease and infirmity”. It means we should be physically fit as well as
mentally fit bearing responsibility of a family, society and a nation as well. Thus, to
remain healthy a person should remain physically mentally and socially fit. Thus,
health refers to the well-being of four aspects combined together. They are absence
of diseases or infirmities in body, physical fitness in appearance or structure, mental
fitness in thought or rightness and social adjustment in the society through his

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