: A medical team comprising a doctor and three health workers has been dispatched to the highlands of Mugu, a mountain district of Karnali Province, after many yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinensis) collectors started falling ill from altitude sickness.

According to Chief District Officer Topendra KC, the medical team equipped with medicines and oxygen cylinders has been sent to the highland areas.

The team will provide treatment to the sick in coordination with the health workers of Mugum Karmarong Rural Municipality.

As many as five yarsa collectors have already died in the district apparently due to altitude sickness this season.