A four-month-old girl from China Konela village of Anantagiri mandal in Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district died while undergoing treatment for malaria at a hospital in Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening.
There are three others from China Konela and one from Buriga who are undergoing treatment, according to the tribal people.
Sara Kothaiah, whose daughter died of malaria, said: “I had lost my son due to ill-health in the past and now I have lost my daughter.”
China Konela does not even have an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Assistant) worker, according to the tribal people.
Sara Kothaiah and his wife Sita made the headlines when they had to trek to China Konela up and down the hills through the forest, carrying the body of their son on their shoulders in April 2024. The Hindu reported the incident (‘Tribal man treks 8 km with body of his son to reach hill-top hamlet in ASR district’ ) in its edition dated April 10, 2024.
