| Media Focus on TB: Kalpana Dangol's Story
In late May, an Atlanta attorney who traveled to Europe for his honeymoon inspite of his tuberculosis, became a focus of media attention. A bigger health concern has emerged after Kalpana Dangol, 19, died of tuberculosis on Friday, June 8 in Colorado Springs. The Nepali woman was a student at the local univeristy since Spring 2006.
Local officials are organizing TB testing clinics in two neighboring counties. The city's health official said he feels sad she died because TB is a treatable disease.
It is not yet clear where Dangol contracted TB from-- Nepal (whose health screening standards may soon come under fire) or America (where TB is still live, believe it). Local media report that there are about 120 cases of TB in Colorado each year. The local KKTV said [See reaction news video-- opens in a new window] Dangol first showed symptoms of TB in February 06.