Diagnostic
Accuracy For
Patient Safety
(rn
25/09/2024)
Senior
citizens now
eligible for
50% healthcare
discount at 64
hospitals
across Nepal
(kh
19/09/2024)
KMC
gives
Annapurna
Neuro Hospital
one week to
improve
hazardous
waste
management
practices
(kh
19/09/2024)
Poison
Information
Centre on the
brink due to
funds crunch :
Health workers
in remote
areas rely on
the centre’s
hotline for
crucial advice
from national
and
international
experts,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
16/09/2024)
Nationwide
HPV
vaccination
drive to be
held in
February :
Over 1.68
million girls
between 10 and
14 will
receive the
HPV vaccine
during the
campaign.
After this,
the vaccine
will be added
to the routine
immunisation
list (kp
10/09/2024)
Cancer treatment services
expanded to
three
provincial
hospitals
(rn 04/09/2024
Cabinet
directs health
ministry to
run OPD
services on
public
holidays
(rep
01/09/2024)
Health
authorities
mull mass
vaccination
against
cholera : At
least 50
people have
contracted
cholera across
country so far
this year.
Contamination
of all water
sources poses
a challenge in
containing
spread of
deadly
disease,
officials say,
by Arjun
Poudel (kp
14/08/2024)
Nepal Needs Dedicated
Burn Centre,
by Shyam P
Lohani (rn
11/08/2024)
World
Ophthalmologist
Day:
Insufficient
workforce to
provide
services
(rep
08/08/2024)
A
life of
service :
After losing
her mother at
a young age,
Yangzom Sherpa
founded the
Ghunsa
Foundation to
address
healthcare
challenges in
her remote
village in
Taplejung,
by Rishika
Dhakal (kp
05/08/2024)
Valley
polio drive hits 104% coverage, but
experts warn of gaps : Refugees,
floating populations, and slum
dwellers main challenge to effective
immunisation, officials say, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 31/07/2024)
Special
polio vaccination campaign starts in
Kathmandu Valley (kh
24/07/2024), Crush
it again : A decade since Nepal was
declared polio-free, the potentially
debilitating virus is back. It must
be nipped in the bud (kp
24/07/2024)
2.8
million girls aged 10-19 years to be
given iron-folic acid : Studies show
that 39 percent of girls aged 10 and
19 years and 21 percent of boys of
the same age group suffer from
anaemia in Nepal (kp 17/07/2024)
COVAX
supplying Covid vaccines to Nepal
every day since Sunday : The vaccine
doses are likely to be administered
to vulnerable groups from July-end
(kp 03/07/2024)
Madhesh
to be declared fully immunised.
Experts say it may backfire : Child
health experts doubt claims that all
eligible children in Madhesh have
been administered the routine
vaccines, by Arjun Poudel (kh
28/06/2024)
KMC
Putting A Ban On Tobacco Again,
by Ballav Dahal (rn 24/06/2024)
Authorities
promote open-air gyms, alternative
medicines to fight rising
non-communicable diseases :
Non-communicable diseases have risen
alarmingly in Nepal, accounting for
around 80 percent of all deaths
(kp 22/06/2024)
Heart-stricken
children in Bajhang delaying
treatment due to poverty : Eight
students of Balmandir Basic School
were diagnosed with heart
conditions, with some requiring
immediate surgery, but their
guardians plan to start treatment
once they have raised enough funds,
by Basant Pratap Singh (kp 21/06/2024)
Australian
Embassy and Tilganga Institute
launch new book to promote eye
health among children (rep
18/06/2024)
100,000
immunocompromised children aged 5-11
years to receive Covid vaccine : Out
of 2.5 million doses promised by
Covax for 2024, 1.6 million will
arrive by June-end (kp
15/06/2024)
Increasing Investment In
Women’s Health, by Shyam P
Lohani (rn 02/06/2024)
KMC urges citizens for
preventive measures against dengue
(rn 02/06/2024)
Health
authorities fail to track over 1,500 girls who
missed second HPV vaccine dose : The government,
in its new policies and programmes, has
committed to administering the HPV vaccine to
all eligible girls in the new fiscal year
(kp 23/05/2024)
Children
to receive missed inactivated polio vaccine from
next week : Nepal added IPV to routine
immunisation programme in 2014. But, due to
shortage, kids born from April 2016 to October
2018 missed the jab (kp 21/05/2024)
Govt
ensures regular vaccination against cervical
cancer from next fiscal year (rep
09/05/2024)
Doctors,
health workers get NCD screening training :
Patients seeking treatment at state-run local
health facilities in Kathmandu will be screened
for non-communicable diseases (kp
09/05/2024)
Shift
in Nepal’s healthcare trend: 58 percent of women
in dentistry, by Pabitra Sunar (rep
05/05/2024)
People
in 7 districts to be given anti-elephantiasis
medicine : A two-week-long campaign starting
Sunday could be the last in Nepal (kp
27/04/2024)
Over
1,000 people receive free health treatment
services in Bhojpur (kh 26/04/2024)
Health
ministry to conduct ‘search and vaccinate’
campaign on May 13 (rep 24/04/2024)
Lack
of gender affirmation healthcare results in raft
of problems for trans people : Gender
affirmation surgery not available in Nepal.
Post-op problems are common but treatment hard
to come, by Manushree Mahat (kp 21/04/2024)
Health
workers to visit schools to jab over 3,000
girls, who missed second HPV vaccine dose : The
girls between 14 and 15 years received the first
dose but did not show up for the second shot
(kp 19/04/2024)
KMC
organizing cancer screening camp from today
(kh 17/04/2024)
Around
3.2 million children under 5 to be given vitamin
A : 2.9 million children above one year will be
administered deworming tablets. Campaign is
estimated to have reduced deaths among children
under five by 23 percent (kp 15/04/2024), National Vitamin
‘A’ campaign to be conducted on April 18 and 19
(kh 16/04/2024)
Plastic
And Reconstructive Surgery In Nepal, by
Pushpa Raj Joshi (rn 13/04/2024)
What
were they thinking? The budget cut has had a
devastating impact on Bir Hospital, much to the
dismay of poor patients (kp 10/04/2024)
Muktinath
pilgrims undergo health checks to prevent
altitude sickness (rep 08/04/2024)
Over
6,600 people benefit from extensive health camp
in Khotang (kh 06/04/2024)
Eleven
people died of rabies at Teku Hospital in last
eight months : Experts warn the country’s lax
approach may jeopardise the goal to end
dog-transmitted rabies by 2030 (kp
01/04/2024)
Addressing
Healthcare Inefficiency In Nepal, by Bachchu
Kailash Kaini (rn 29/03/2024)
Nepal
joins the Global Platform for Access to
Childhood Cancer Medicines : As a member of the
platform, the country will receive 35 types of
childhood cancer medicines free of cost for four
years (kp 29/03/2024)
Elevating
healthcare sector: Challenges and opportunities,
by Lochan Karki (ae 27/03/2024)
MC
to start health insurance program from mid-May
(rep 26/03/2024)
Himalayan
Rescue Association deputes doctors in
Solukhumbu, Manang (rep 23/03/2024)
Nepal
starts providing second dose of HPV vaccine :
Plan is to jab around 1.7 million girls between
10 and 14 years. Over 9,900 girls were
vaccinated last year (kp 22/03/2024)
Hooked
up to a machine : Nepal provides free dialysis
to poor patients, but psychological counselling
is missing, by Nimisha Gautam (kp
16/03/2024)
Measles
and Rubella Immunization campaign: All children
of 413 local levels vaccinated (kh
11/03/2024), Measles-rubella
vaccination to start soon in around 160 local
units : Vaccination has been delayed due to cold
and snowfall. Around 4 million children
throughout the country are inoculated with MR
vaccine in the ongoing campaign (kp
12/03/2024)
Nearly
17,000 children receive measles, rubella
vaccines in Doti (rn 10/03/2024)
Want
orthodontic treatment? Beware of dental quackery
: Dental patients get disfigured, lose huge
money as they end up at quacks’, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 08/03/2024)
Five
more districts lag behind in achieving full
vaccination status (rep 27/02/2024)
A
roadmap for eradicating TB, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ae 27/02/2024)
WHO
asks SEARO countries to speed up tobacco control
measures : Tobacco consumption in the South-East
Asian region continues to be the highest
globally (kp 21/02/2024)
Vaccination
campaign against measles-rubella across Nepal
from Feb 25 (rep 21/02/2024), Nationwide
Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign targets 5.7
million children (kh 25/02/2024), Over
156,000 children in Lalitpur to be vaccinated
against measles-rubella (rep 26/02/2024)
Refrigerated
trucks for vaccines handed over to the
government : The trucks, which can carry four
million vaccine doses each, will support the
government’s efforts to strengthen its
immunisation programme (kp 20/02/2024)
‘50%
children with cancer are out of medical
services’ (kh 16/02/2024)
Combatting
the threat of rising NCDs in Nepal, by Merry
Jha (nlt 12/02/2024)
Govt
receives over six million doses of rubella and
measles vaccines from GAVI (nlt 05/02/2024)
CRM
Nepal conducts lab test of CAR-T cell therapy :
This is the first time the treatment technology
is tested successfully in Nepal, the
organisation says (kp 04/02/2024)
Measles-rubella
campaign to be launched in 75 districts from
February 25 : Around 5.7 million children will
be inoculated in the three-week long campaign
(kp 01/02/2024)
As
mercury dips, burn cases rise significantly :
The number of burn victims has been rising at an
alarming rate, but the country is ill-equipped
to treat them (kp 29/01/2024)
Report
reveals 65 percent of patients in Nepal given
antibiotics without prescription : The study
shows educational intervention was successful in
reducing the use of antibiotics without
prescription (kp 27/01/2024)
Impact
Of Federalisation On Healthcare, by Pallav
Bhusal (rn 19/01/2024)
Anti-elephantiasis
jabs being given in 7 districts : The
two-week-long campaign will be launched in
Feb-March (kp 19/01/2024)
Govt
to expand treatment service for non-communicable
diseases (kh 16/01/2024)
Govt
steps up health surveillance along Nepal-India
border in Birgunj amid rise in COVID-19 cases in
India (rep 15/01/2024)
Government
providing second dose of HPV vaccine in March :
Over 9,900 girls aged 14 and 15 years were given
the first doses of human papillomavirus vaccine
last September (kp 13/01/2024)
Mammogram
comes into operation in Bir Hospital (rep
10/01/2024)
Ambulance
to be equipped with GPS (kh 07/01/2024)
Saving
kidneys to save Nepal : How to urgently address
and better navigate the epidemic of renal
failures in the country, by Rishi Kumar
Kafle (nt 05/01/2024)
Insured
will have to bear some of the treatment cost
from January 15 : Only 16 percent of Nepal’s
population is covered by government’s health
insurance scheme (kp 28/12/2023), Leave
it alone : By imposing a co-payment system, the
government is all set to sabotage its health
insurance scheme (kp 29/12/2023)
Measles-rubella,
typhoid vaccination starts in seven Karnali
districts today : The measles-rubella vaccine
will be administered to all children between six
months and 15 years in Jajarkot and Rukum West.
Those between 16 and 45 will get typhoid vaccine
(kp 21/12/2023)
Burn
injuries: Not a national priority, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 19/12/2023)
Ethical
Dilemma Of Triage In Hospital, by Shyam P
Lohani (rn 17/12/2023)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City bans tobacco products starting
today (kh 13/12/2023), Patan
High Court issues interim order against KMC's
ban on sale of tobacco products (rep
15/12/2023)
Nationwide
HPV vaccination drive likely to be launched in
third quarter of 2024 : Ministry plans to
inoculate around 1.7 million girls between 10
and 14 with HPV vaccines in the nationwide drive
and include it in routine immunisation list,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 12/12/2023)
Organ
donation limits to ‘Only Relatives’ challenged
at Supreme Court (kh 11/12/2023) [If I remember correctly, KP
Oli received a kidney from a non-related person.
But the laws don't apply to top politicians
anyway!]
Cholera,
measles-rubella vaccination drive in
quake-hit, high-risk districts soon :
The Health Ministry has extended the
deadline for measles elimination to 2026
(kp 07/12/2023)
Strengthening
healthcare service in developing
countries, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep
07/12/2023)
Around
1,000 people benefit from Kalikot health
camps (kh 29/11/2023)
Doctors,
skilled health workers providing
specialist services in remote health
post : Locals say the arrival of doctors
has saved them much time and energy,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 21/11/2023)
Ministry
to set up health desk at Nepal-India
land crossing in Susta : There are 16
desks—14 at India-Nepal border points
and two at China-Nepal crossings (kp
17/11/2023)
Nationwide
‘Vitamin A’ campaign for children begins
today (kh 03/11/2023), 3.5
million children under five to be given
vitamin A from today : Around 2.9
million children above one year to be
fed deworming tablets also (kp
03/11/2023)
Eye
camp restores sight to scores of elderly
in Kalikot : The two-day camp was
organised by Palata Rural Municipality
in collaboration with Nepal Netra Jyoti
Sangh and Himalaya Eye Hospital, by
Tularam Pandey (kp 01/11/2023)
Dashain
delays vitamin A and deworming campaign
: It will be held on November 3-4. These
efforts are estimated to have cut deaths
among children under five by 23 percent
campaign, by Arjun Poudel (kp
21/10/2023)
Nepal’s
Ongoing Quest for Eye Health, by
Rabindra Adhikary (rep 21/10/2023)
Central
Blood Transfusion Service to urge local
level to run blood donation campaigns :
Provincial and local authorities agreed
to provide free blood, which is always
scarce in Kathmandu Valley, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 21/10/2023)
Children
to be administered vitamin 'A' on Nov
3-4 (rep 18/10/2023)
Karnali
Province declared as fully vaccinated
province (kh 13/10/2023)
Around
5.7 million children to receive
measles-rubella vaccine : All children
under five and those under 15 years from
24 select districts are eligible for the
jab, by Arjun Poudel (kp 09/10/2023)
Talk
to us, Doc : More often violence erupts
because doctors just do not engage with
the patients and their families, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 05/10/2023)
Rising
doctor-patient tensions threaten Nepal’s
healthcare : Agitating resident doctors
agree to resume services following a
six-point agreement with the government,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 01/10/2023), End
Violence In Healthcare Institutions,
by Shyam P Lohani (rn 01/10/2023)
An
urgent plea to protect healthcare providers
(rep 28/09/2023)
Bagmati
Province to provide blood transfusion service
for free : Cancer and heart patients will get
Rs50,000 (kp 22/09/2023)
Combating
cancer: Role of preventive oncology : Inclusion
of the HPV vaccine in governmental vaccination
programs can be a game-changer, particularly in
resource-limited countries like Nepal, by
Parth Gurung (nlt 21/09/2023), HPV
shots uptake markedly low in Kathmandu. Only
around 600 girls inoculated in nine days :
Health authorities now plan to administer
vaccines from schools to increase uptake, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 22/09/2023)
12-day
health camp kicks off in Dhankuta (kh
19/09/2023)
Govt
to launch special program to support individuals
with autism (rep 16/09/2023)
HPV
vaccination to be piloted in all provinces from
next week : Officials say the vaccine doses will
be administered in at least one hospital in each
province and on a ‘first come first serve’ basis,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 07/09/2023), Govt
launches HPV vaccination campaign to combat
cervical cancer (rep 13/09/2023)
Enhance
Quality Of Health Services, by Shyam P
Lohani (rn 03/09/2023)
More
than 60,000 snakebite patients receive treatment
in a year (kh 02/09/2023)
Second
dose of cervical cancer vaccine limited to
samples, by Pabitra Sunar (rep 31/08/2023)
Snakebite
treatment centre in Thori comes as respite for
local residents : A total of 513 patients bitten
by snakes, scorpions and hornets have received
treatment at the centre (kp 20/08/2023)
Ministry’s
indecision deprives thousands of girls of HPV
vaccine : The government purchased 20,000 doses
of the vaccine in the first week of July (kp
18/08/2023)
Four
children die in Humla due to flight delay
(rep 16/08/2023), People
losing lives as new rule affects flight
operation (ae 17/08/2023)
Effect
of CAAN decision on aviation service hours:
Patients suffer due to lack of flights in Mugu,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 10/08/2023)
Over
40,000 left out children administered vaccines
(rep 09/08/2023)
Cardiac
MRI in Nepal: Status, issues, challenges and
prospects : The integration of cardiac MRI into
the healthcare system can contribute to better
patient outcomes and support the overall growth
of cardiac care in Nepal, by Nirmal Prasad
Neupane (nlt 05/08/2023)
Many
villagers in Ramechhap rely on health camps for
eye treatment : Eye patients are increasing due
to inadequate treatment services at government
health institutions, say health workers, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 29/07/2023)
Fighting
Monsoon-borne Diseases, by Shyam P Lohani
(rn 16/07/2023)
Gender
disparities in living and deceased organ donor
pools continue (kh 14/07/2023)
Govt.
to make arrangements for treatment of VIPs in
the country (kh 11/07/2023)
Free
health care services to all citizens within five
years: Minister Basnet (kh 03/07/2023)
Nepal’s
failed approach to controlling tobacco use,
by Sabitri Dhakal (ae 28/06/2023), Impose
prohibitive tax on tobacco (ae 28/06/2023)
Creeping
catastrophe : Over 20 percent of Nepalis above
15 suffer from hypertension and we are not doing
much to control it (kp 28/06/2023)
Over
147,000 children vaccinated against measles,
rubella (kh 28/06/2023)
Charting
the successes and failures of Nepal’s
immunisation campaign : After 1816 Sugauli
Treaty, prime minister Bhimsen Thapa sought
British help for vaccination against smallpox,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 18/06/2023)
Unvaxxed
children could trigger major disease outbreaks :
Hundreds of unvaccinated children found across
Nepal. WHO asks nations to strengthen routine
immunisation, by Arjun Poudel (kp
14/06/2023)
Harnessing
People’s Agenda For Health, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (rn 10/06/2023)
Ensure
Health Care For Every Citizen, by Lok Deep
Thapa (rn 09/06/2023)
Around
14,000 Kathmandu residents skipped cholera
vaccine : Authorities had launched a cholera
vaccination drive in wards 11, 12 and 13 of
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (kp 08/06/2023)
Keeping
our lungs safe : Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease can lead to lung damage and respiratory
complications, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (kp
04/06/2023)
SC
rules on statute of limitation, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 03/06/2023)
Lives
at risk as clinical laboratories issue false,
often contradictory reports : Most of the
clinical labs in Nepal are operating with little
regulatory oversight, by Arjun Poudel (kp
02/06/2023)
Govt
shows leniency towards cigarettes and alcohol
products (rep 30/05/2023)
Cholera
vaccination drive launched in select Kathmandu
localities : Over 95,000 people above one year
from wards 11,12 and 13 of Kathmandu
Metropolitan City will be administered two doses
of the oral cholera vaccine, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 25/05/2023)
Superspeciality
cancer diagnostic tests to start soon :
Hospitals are currently sending samples to India
for testing, resulting in long waits for the
reports, by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/05/2023)
Government
mulls including private schools in iron and
folic acid programme : Studies show 34 percent
of adult women aged between 15 and 49 years, and
43 percent of children between six months to 59
months suffer from anaemia in Nepal (kp
23/05/2023)
Infants
aged less than nine months to be jabbed against
measles: Nepal is committed to eliminating the
disease by 2026, by Arjun Poudel (kp
19/05/2023)
Female
community health volunteers : Revolutionizing
Healthcare in Nepal, by Aesha Bajracharya
(rep 15/05/2023)
Health
ministry to conduct vaccination program for
children who missed regular vaccination (rep
14/05/2023)
More
children in cities miss routine vaccinations :
At least four percent of Nepali children aged 12
to 23 months have not received any of the
regular vaccines, by Arjun Poudel (kp
11/05/2023)
Vaccination
drive launched for children left out during
regular schedule (rep 28/04/2023)
Four
percent children deprived of immunization,
weeklong campaign from April 24 (kh
23/04/2023)
3.2
million children under five to get Vitamin A,
deworming pill : Around a half of Nepali kids
under five are not getting sufficient amounts of
Vitamin A from their regular diet (kp
18/04/2023)
Government
in campaign to boost vaccination rate : Report
shows that at least four percent of the children
aged between 12 and 23 months have received no
immunisation (kp 14/04/2023)
Nepal's
woeful healthcare system : Unheard stories of
Nepali doctors, by Bivek Singh (ht
31/03/2023)
National
Vitamin ‘A’ campaign from April second week
(nlt 30/03/2023)
Free
telemedicine service to Nepali migrant workers
abroad (kh 27/03/2023)
Kidney
patients deprived of dialysis services in
Kanchanpur : Patients suffering from
kidney-related complications have to visit
either Dhangadhi in Kailali or bordering Indian
towns for treatment, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
24/02/2023)
Health
Ministry asks WHO to help set up open-air
fitness centres : Department of Ayurveda and
Alternative Medicine says outdoor gyms will help
fight non-communicable diseases (kp
17/03/2023)
Bridging
the dental divide in Nepal : Moving from cure to
prevention to ensure oral hygiene for all,
by Sonia Awale (nt 17/03/2023)
Free
health camp benefits people from five districts
(kh 16/03/2023)
Villagers
elated after local unit starts door-to-door
health service : The Putha Uttarganga Rural
Municipality has deployed 14 auxiliary nurse
midwives in each ward of the rural municipality,
focusing on women, children, and the elderly,
by Mahesh KC (kp 15/03/2023)
Nat’l
personalities to get health care services on par
with civil servants (kh 13/03/2023)
Easy
access to screening, awareness drives help
reduce cancer in women : Prime minister promises
free cure for cervical and breast cancers across
country, by Arjun Poudel (kp 12/03/2023)
Govt
extends campaign against elephantiasis (kh
10/03/2023), In
some districts, few takers for filariasis drug :
Ongoing drive against the disease will last till
March 14, by Arjun Poudel (kp 10/03/2023)
Government
lacks budget for free emergency service,
screening for non-communicable diseases : Upon
their appointment, health ministers promise big
but without ensuring budget to fulfil them, say
health ministry officials, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 07/03/2023)
A
smoke-free Nepal : The country can take a cue
from New Zealand, which has implemented a tough
law against smoking, by Jaya Kumar Gurung
(ae 07/03/2023)
70
cataract patients receive eyesight in Taplejung
village (kh 06/03/2023)
Over
5,000 girls of 11-13 years in Chitwan receive
HPV vaccine : Human papillomavirus causes
cervical cancer, a major cause of death among
women, by Arjun Poudel (kp 01/03/2023) [International medicine
strongly recommends this vaccination for boys
too!]
Special
health approach necessary for deprived
communities: NA Vice-Chair Aryal (kh
28/02/2023)
Anti-elephantiasis
drive in 15 districts : The campaign against
elephantiasis or lymphatic filariasis will
continue over the next two week (kp
24/02/2023)
Govt
to launch eye checkup programs at school level
(kh 16/02/2023)
Patients
suffer as doctors shut hospitals : The strike
was called off at 11am Sunday, but services were
affected throughout the day. Doctors should not
punish hundreds of thousands of people to avenge
act of a cop, says physician, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 13/02/2023)
NMA
to halt all health services on Sunday (kh
11/02/2023)
Senior
citizens regain their eye sight after operation
in Nuwakot (kp 11/02/2023)
Health
ministry recommends lowering iodine content in
salt : Experts link excessive salt intake to a
rise in non-communicable diseases including
hyperthyroidism, high blood pressure and
cardiovascular conditions in Nepal, by Arjun
Poudel (kh 09/02/2023)
First
successful kidney transplant in Karnali (kh
06/02/2023)
Butwal
Sub-Metropolitan City provides all services
related to blood for free (kh 03/02/2023)
Ensure
Affordable Health Services, by Yug Bahadur
(rn 03/02/2023)
Vaccines
unavailable for Kailali children (ht
03/02/2023)
Govt
observes February as ‘Iodine Month’ (kh
01/02/2023)
Free
health services at doorsteps in Raskot (kh
18/01/2023)
MoHP
urges to get children vaccinated against
rubella, measles (kh 11/01/2023)
Holes
in the vaccination drive : The measles outbreak
in ‘fully-immunised’ Banke indicates big lapses
in the immunisation campaign (kp 11/01/2023)
Promotion
Of Disable-friendly Health Services, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (kp 01/01/2023)
Chopper
permit hassles costing lives in Gorkha : Many
people, pregnant women in particular, are dying
due to the red tape in flying out from
restricted areas, by Arjun Poudel (kp
30/12/2022) [Irresponsible
administration!]
Polio
vaccine to be administered to newborns 14 weeks
after birth (rep 27/12/2022)
Chronic
patients get health care services at their
doorsteps for free (kh 23/12/2022) [related
to Likhupike Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu]
Siddharthanagar
bans sale and distribution of tobacco products
(kh 20/12/2022)
App
makes it easier to get medical services :
Patients can obtain doctor consultation, make
online outpatient registration and fix
appointments with doctors using Cura Health, say
its makers, by Pawan Pandey (kp 17/12/2022)
Nepal
Eye Hospital to conduct 10,000 surgeries
annually (kh 17/12/2022)
Nepal
to roll out HPV vaccine next year : Human
papillomavirus causes cervical cancer, which is
a major cause of death among women in Nepal,
doctors say (kp 16/12/2022)
Kidney
patients face long wait for dialysis at
government hospitals : Although the dialysis
service is free of cost at government hospitals,
patients and their families are breaking their
backs buying expensive medicines, by Rupa
Gahatraj (kp 16/12/2022)
Tele-cardiology
service kicks off in Rapti rural municipality
(kh 16/12/2022(
Chronic
patients, pregnant women to be given blood for
free (kh 14/12/2022)
Thousands
of 12-23 month olds deprived of vaccines :
Experts term the situation ‘alarming’ as it
could imperil years of achievements Nepal has
made in child health, by Arjun Poudel (kp
12/12/2022), Jabs
for children : The government should first be
able to pinpoint the reasons for low
immunisation coverage (kp 14/12/2022)
Elephantiasis
still a concern in Baglung : Irregularity in
prescribed drugs intake is a main reason it is
still prevalent in the district, say health
officials, by Prakash Baral (kp 07/12/2022)
Tokha
municipality to provide free health checkup for
community schools children (kh 05/12/2022)
Antibiotic
misuse triggering health crisis : Antimicrobial
resistance genes were detected in 81 percent of
samples tested in Nepal, by Arjun Poudel (kp
30/11/2022)
Rotavirus
causes diarrhea in children : Special attention
should be paid to prevent dehydration,
interview with Uma Gurung (kh 11/11/2022)
Nepal
lacks equipment to test harmful substances in
syrupy medicines : Admission comes amid quality
concerns of medicines in supply as cough syrups
are linked to deaths in two countries, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 09/11/2022)
Salyan
local unit offers free treatment for disabled
kids : Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled
Children, Banepa will bear 85 percent cost,
by Biplob Maharjan (kp 02/11/2022)
A
manifesto of an ordinary Nepali citizen : It is
the State's responsibility to ensure the good
health of all its citizens. Health services
should be free to all citizens using either
social insurance, public funds or mixed methods,
by Nirmal Kandel (nlt 17/10/2022)
Children
between six months and five years to be given
vitamin A supplement : Regular supplementation
campaigns have reduced deaths among children
under five by around 23 percent in Nepal (kp
17/10/2022)
Campaign
for free heart examination of children in
Chitwan (kh 25/09/2022)
Free
TB screening in eight wards of KMC (rep
23/09/2022)
Healthcare
needs a long-term investment (ae 22/09/2022)
Eye
surgery gives woman new hope in life : Chyomaya
Chepang from Raksirang has regained her eyesight
after two years of going completely blind,
by Pratap Bista (kp 17/09/2022)
KMC
reintroduces ban on smoking in public places :
Kathmandu Metropolitan City officials claim the
ban will be enforced effectively this time
despite repeated failures in the past, by
Anup Ojha (kp 16/09/2022)
Service
sans security : We must help build a better
rapport between doctors and patients for quality
health care (kp 09/09/2022)
Dhangadhi
folks benefit from free health camp : The free
health check-up ensures those fromrural areas
get right diagnosis and treatment (kp
29/08/2022)
Surgeries
affected at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
in lack of a blood bank : Until now, police and
army personnel have been donating blood for
crucial surgeries, by DB Budha (kp
27/08/2022)
Snakebite
patient dies for want of timely treatment
(kh 31/07/2022)
A
just public health system: To take better care
of citizens, by Simone Galimberti (ht
27/07/2022)
Doctors
at Bir Hospital surgically remove tumor weighing
1kg, by Pabitra Sunar (rep 26/07/2022)
Karnali
Province sets up health supply management centre
(kh 19/07/2022)
Secure
health services : The law provides safety and
security to those working in the health sector,
be it a public or private institution (ht
18/07/2022)
Ambulance
service operated in remote villages in Rasuwa
(kh 14/07/2022)
Affordable
health care : Helps build up citizens'
resilience, by Simone Galimberti (ht
12/07/2022)
Snakebite
patients in Talloswarad of Baitadi die for want
of treatment : Since treatment for snakebite is
not possible in the entire district, patients
have to be taken to Dadeldhura or Dhangadhi.
Most of the patients die on the way to hospitals,
by Tripti Shahi (kp 03/07/2022)
Sick
of it : Nepalis are losing lives and homes to
pay for expensive medical care, by Sagar
Budhathoki (nt 24/06/2022)
Dangers
of privatising health insurance in Nepal : By
handing over health insurance to the private
sector, the government is abandoning its
citizens, by Gaj B Gurung and Sushil Koirala
(nt 24/06/2022), Ensuring
health insurance for all Nepalis : The goal is
equitable health care for all Nepalis, the path
is a national insurance policy, by Sonia
Awale (nt 24/06/2022)
First
kidney transplantation done in Pokhara (kh
24/06/2022)
Eye
Care Suffers Workforce Crunch, by Bijay
Khatri (rn 23/06/2022)
Service
seekers reluctant to renew government health
policy : Neither the local health posts nor the
district hospital has provisions to cover the
health expenses of service seekers under the
policy, by Hari Gautam (kp 19/06/2022)
Poor
families to get free blood in more Kathmandu
hospitals (kh 17/06/2022)
Over
1,000 students receive health checkup services
(kh 09/06/2022)
437
people benefited from free eye camp in Humla
(rep 08/06/2022)
Snakebite
cases rise with monsoon around the corner :
Study shows close to 3,000 people die from
snakebite every year in Tarai alone, many before
reaching a hospital, by Arjun Poudel (kp
05/06/2022)
Monsoon
maladies : The authorities need to prioritise
efforts to fill the gaps within the health
sector (kp 30/05/2022)
Ensuring
Universal Health Coverage, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (rn 27/05/2022)
Experts
for awareness drives as free screening alone
doesn’t lessen cervical cancer cases : The
government has decided to provide free screening
for cervical cancer at all state-run health
facilities, by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/05/2022)
Residents
of Khotang depend on helicopters to reach
hospitals : Pregnant women suffer the most from
a lack of good hospitals and roads in Khotang,
by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 22/05/2022)
Ministry
mulls free screening for non-communicable
diseases from upcoming fiscal year : Health
Ministry says it plans to provide free testing
for hypertension, diabetes, renal function,
liver function, heart problems, and cervical
cancer to people over 40 in eight districts,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 19/05/2022)
One
healthy person can restore vision to four people,
by Bina Neupane (kh 09/05/2022)
Strengthen
Healthcare Financing, by Gauri Pradhan (rn
05/05/2022)
Hundreds
of children sick after receiving typhoid shots
freshly rolled out by ministry : A child is
being treated for a neurological disorder and
doctors yet to confirm if the vaccine was
responsible, by Arjun Poudel (kp 29/04/2022)
Two-day
weekend will add to case backlogs at hospitals,
doctors say : Concerns grow patients needing
surgeries, renal transplantations will suffer
more, by Arjun Poudel (kp 29/04/2022)
Health
care issues despite being vital remain neglected
in local elections : Candidates and parties must
come up with practical and realistic health care
plans, say doctors, by Arjun Poudel (kp
26/04/2022)
Govt
administering Vitamin ‘A’ and albendazole to
children today and tomorrow (kh 19/04/2022),
Nationwide
vitamin A and deworming campaign kicks off : It
is estimated that regular supplementation
campaigns have reduced deaths among children
under five by 23 percent. Coverage of the
programme has declined due to the coronavirus
pandemic, by Arjun Poudel (kp 19/04/2022)
Nepal
seeks India’s help to eliminate malaria
infections : Request comes as most of the
imported cases of the disease are from India,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 13/04/2022)
Googling
self-treatment methods and medical advice?
Don’t, doctors say : Plethora of information on
symptoms and medication comes at multiple—and
huge—risks, by Arjun Poudel (kp 11/04/2022)
Nepal
introduces typhoid vaccine into routine
immunization program (kh 07/04/2022)
Over
1.3 million children in Lumbini to be vaccinated
against typhoid (kh 04/04/2022), Anti-typhoid
vaccination campaign beginning in Madhes
Province (kh 05/04/2022), 7.5
million children to be vaccinated against
typhoid (rep 05/04/2022)
Free
eye camp benefits more than 200 people :
Ophthalmologists say lack of regular check-ups
and pollution trouble eyes, by Laxmi Gautam
(kp 28/03/2022)
Govt
to vaccinate children against typhoid in
nationwide campaign (rep 28/03/2022)
'Precaution
Must To Control Diabetes' (rn 27/03/2022)
Restoring
eyesight : From Doramba to the world, by
Sharada Adhikari (ht 27/03/2022)
Kidney
transplant service to be available in Karnali by
this year (rep 25/03/2022)
Telemedicine
service effective in remote areas (kh
16/03/2022)
Bajhang’s
elderly receive new set of teeth : As many as
150 people received a new set of dentures at a
health camp organised by the federal health
ministry and Bajhang hospital, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 15/03/2022)
Nationwide
vaccination against typhoid starting on April 8
: Doctors say without improving water and
sanitation conditions, waterborne diseases
including typhoid cannot be defeated, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 15/03/2022)
Funds
crunch pushes back HPV vaccine purchase : Human
papillomavirus causes cervical cancer and is a
major cause of deaths among women in Nepal,
doctors say, by Arjun Poudel (kp 13/03/2022)
Govt
decides to conduct free health tests for
citizens above 50 yrs (kh 11/03/2022)
Dialysis
service begins at Hetauda govt hospital (kh
10/03/2022)
People
of some Bardibas villages deprived of health
care services : Poor infrastructure and a lack
of roads have especially put pregnant women at
high risk, by Sunita Baral (kp 04/03/2022)
Nepal
To Administer Ivermectin Drug Against
Elephantiasis (rn 01/03/2022)
Case
For Sustainability Of Telemedicine, by
Bishal Raj Paudyal (rn 22/02/2022)
National
Public Health Lab begins PCR tests against Zika,
Chikungunya and Dengue viruses (kh
22/02/2022)
Cancer
survivors deprived of treatment : Of the total
cancer surviving children, two-thirds are
deprived of medical treatment facilities, states
a report (ht 16/02/2022)
Snakebite,
an invisible neglected crisis in Nepal : Close
to 3,000 people die of snakebites every year in
Tarai alone, many before reaching the hospital,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/02/2022)
‘Nepal
risks losing decades of progress on health care’
: Dr Bibek Kumar Lal, director of the Family
Welfare Division under the Department of Health
Services, on Covid situation, vaccination
challenges and how badly the pandemic impacted
the country’s regular health programmes (kp
13/02/2022), Other
infectious diseases overshadowed by COVID-19,
by Pabitra Sunar (rep 13/02/2022), Silent
killer : Exclusive focus on Covid-19 has led to
the neglect of non-communicable and infectious
diseases (kp 14/02/2022)
Gandaki
province government to increase access to free
basic, emergency health services (kh
31/01/2022)
Neglected
Tropical Diseases, by Pallavi Koirala (rep
30/01/2022)
Tsering
Sumjok is all right : Badly injured as a baby,
Dolpo native never gave up and is now helping
her home community, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
21/01/2022)
'Nepalis
need to develop culture of routine eye check-up'
(ht 16/01/2022)
Preparation
to give monthly allowance to cancer patients
(kh 08/01/2022)
Rukum
(West) residents demand blood transfusion
centres : The district does not have a blood
transfusion centre which means patients and
their families have to run from pillar to post
looking for donors in their hour of need, by
Hari Gautam (kp 19/12/2021)
Drug
rehabilitation centres to receive government
grant (ht 17/12/2021)
Kidney
Transplant Centre transplants 800 kidneys in 9
yrs (kh 07/12/2021)
Manthali
launches free kidney checkup campaign : The
local unit in Ramechhap district aims to run
kidney checks on all residents above six years
of age, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp
24/11/2021)
Ad
hocism in healthcare : The prerogative of
providing health care as a service rests heavily
on the government (kp 23/11/2021)
Immunoglobulin
service to be run in all seven provinces (kh
18/11/2021), Increasing
dog bites may hamper Nepal’s aim to end rabies
by 2030 : Health Ministry to start
immunoglobulin treatment from all seven
provinces from Sunday, by Arjun Poudel (kp
22/11/2021)
Health
insurance encourages Gulmi residents to seek
medical care, by Gaganshila Khadka (kp
30/10/2021)
Japan
provides 114 more oxygen generators to Nepal
(rep 29/10/2021)
WHO
committed to strengthening stroke care services
: An estimated 70 per cent of strokes occur in
low and middle-income countries (ht
29/10/2021)
Bajura
woman struggling for life (ht 27/10/2021)
Stakeholders
warn of possible risk of polio in Nepal, stress
joint efforts (ht 25/10/2021)
Challenges
of Delivering Health Service in Nepal, by
Guru Sharan Sah (kh 22/10/2021)
Nationwide
vitamin A and deworming campaign on October 24
and 25Supplementation drives have reduced deaths
among children, health experts say, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 19/10/2021)
Ticking
time bomb : Intense focus on Covid-19 has led to
the neglect of matters related to chronic
diseases (kp 18/10/2021)
Over
2K kids undergo eye checkup (kh 05/10/2021)
Ensure
Affordable Health Services To Elderlies:
Geriatricians, by Mahima Devkota (rn
01/10/2021)
Bhaktapur
hospital offers free treatment for Alzheimer’s
disease (kh 29/09/2021)
Govt
to administer vitamin ‘A’ to children on Oct
24-25 (kh 28/09/2021) [What is the use of taking one vitamin A
tablet at all?]
Routine
Immunisation Decreases Due To COVID-19 (rn
21/09/2021)
Step
by step for rural health care in Nepal : Local
philanthropy and volunteerism combine to make Ek
Ek Paila a model for health care in rural Nepal,
by Aryan Sitaula (nt 17/09/2021)
Joint
transplant gaining momentum in Chitwan (kh
02/09/2021)
‘Investment
in nutrition and immunization yields over 16
times results’ (kh 01/09/2021)
Free
health camp in Humla benefits 650 people (kh
01/09/2021)
Abdominal
CT scan machine at Purbanchal Hospital left
unused for one year, affecting patients (kh
23/08/2021)
Patients
hit hard as incessant rainfall obstructs roads
in Bajura district (ht 12/08/2021)
ewer
doctors coming to Baglung after it was removed
from remote districts list : The chances of
getting a scholarship for MD are high if a
doctor has served at hospitals in remote
districts, by Prakash Baral (kh 12/08/2021)
WHO
charting out action plan for health improvement
in Karnali (kh 11/08/2021)
Bardibas
snakebite centre does not have a ventilator : In
the absence of a ventilator, critical patients
of snakebite in Bardibas are sent to other
places for treatment, by Sunita Baral (kp
08/08/2021)
KMC
starts robotic surgery service for first time in
Nepal, by Pabitra Sunar (rep 06/08/2021)
Tobacco
epidemic : Nepal's ability to control tobacco
consumption in the country would contribute to
alleviating poverty and improve their quality of
life (ht 30/07/2021)
Regular
vaccination programme takes hit amid Covid-19
pandemic (kp 20/07/2021)
CMC
hospital carries out successful liver transplant
(ht 16/07/2021)
15-year-old
Bajura child struggling for life (ht
15/07/2021)
Other
hazards loom : The neglect of non-communicable
diseases has disrupted regular health services
(kü 09/07/2021)
People
with comorbidities deprived of health care amid
pandemicInfection fears and restrictions
enforced by the authorities have affected the
follow-up visits of many patients, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 08/07/2021)
Dogs
that biteThe problem of rabies has to do
with lack of management (kp 30/06/2021)
Reducing
snakebite deaths : The government must send
specialists to rural health centres to handle
snakebite emergencies (kp 21/06/2021)
Kanchanpur
local units hire doctors for primary health
centres : Arrival of doctors in village health
posts comes as a boon for people during the time
of pandemic, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
28/05/2021)
Bajhang
local unit dispatches health teams to highlands
to aid yarsa pickers : Many people die from
easily treatable ailments in the highlands due
to lack of timely medical care, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 24/05/2021)
People
with non-Covid-19 conditions avoiding hospital
visits fearing infection, by Sguvam Dhungana
(kp 20/05/2021)
Seeking
a rights-based approach to healthcare : The
pandemic should be a wake-up call for Nepal to
revamp its public healthcare system, by
Mandira Sharma and Karuna Parajuli (kp 16/05/2021)
Dialing
102: A colossal waste of time, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 13/05/2021)
Bajura
declared district with full vaccination coverage
(kh 29/04/2021)
Eleven
countries, including Nepal, witness significant
reduction in malaria cases (ht 26/04/2021)
Telemedicine
service benefits Karnali folk : Residents of
remote villages can easily access specialist
services after the service was launched in 42
health institutions, by Chandani Kathayat
(kp 19/04/2021)
Anti-filariasis
drug campaign launched (ht 03/04/2021)
Bajura
local levels to be declared fully immunised soon
(ht 23/03/2021)
Disruptions
in health services due to COVID-19 may have
contributed to an additional 239,000 child and
maternal deaths in South Asia: UN report :
Health services must urgently be restored and
strengthened to contain the pandemic’s impact on
the most vulnerable families (rep
21/03/2021)
Health
service cuts resulting in more child deaths
(ht 18/03/2021)
Telemedicine
services yet to be revived in provinces : Health
Ministry had allocated Rs5 million to each
province to resume the service in 2020, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 05/03/2021)
Drive
against elephantiasis postponed : Covid-19
vaccination campaign gets priority, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 02/0372021)
Encephalitis
threat : Since the mosquito is the vector of the
disease, people must avoid being bitten by it by
using mosquito nets and mosquito repellents
(ht 24/02/2021)
Docs
warn against delay in encephalitis treatment
(ht 23/02/2021)
Ministry
of Social Development in Sudurpaschim delays
funds for Saipal eye camp : Delay in the release
of total budget has led to non-payment of the
expenses incurred in the management and
treatment of patients during the eye camp,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 13/02/2021)
Government
has not procured essential drugs for over 18
months : The essential drugs provided for free
are key to preventing deaths by non-communicable
diseases, doctors say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
06/02/2021)
Cervical
cancer is avoidable : If diagnosed early,
it is one of the most preventable
and treatable forms of cancer, by
Kishor Adhikari (kp 01/02/2021)
Elephantiasis
survey planned in 12 districts in mountains :
The 2020 deadline to eliminate the disease
has been extended to 2028, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 17/01/2021)
Makwanpur
local unit to provide free health services to
senior citizens at their doorsteps : Raksirang
Rural Municipality has allocated Rs2 million
this fiscal year to launch ‘Save parents’ health
programme, by Pratap Bista (kp 03/01/2021)
Bajura
woman in immediate need of financial support for
treatment (ht 01/01/2020)
Decentralising
The Health Services, by Mukti Rijal (rn
17/12/2020)
Covid-19
brings improvement in Makwanpur’s health sector
: The local government has given due priority to
the health sector in the current fiscal year,
by Pratap Bista (kp 19/11/2020)
Rural
areas in Salyan and Rukum (West) get access to
health servicesSeveral local units in the two
districts have enhanced the institutional
capacity of health facilities and initiated
ambulance services for people in rural areas,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 5/11/2020)
Patients
of chronic ailments and accident injuries
deprived of care due to pandemic : Immunisation
programmes have also been disrupted in Lumbini
Province, by Nabin Paudel (kp 13/11/2020)
Govt
launches telemedicine in all 7 provinces to
fight coronavirus (rep 10/11/2020)
Patients
in Hetauda face difficulties finding an
ambulance for long routes : Ambulance drivers
have been refusing to offer services on long
routes since their demand for a revision
in the transport fare is yet to be addressed,
locals say, by Subash Bidari (kp 31/10/2020)
Health
Ministry slashes two-thirds budget for treatment
of non-communicable diseases : Only Rs40 million
has been allocated for free medicines for
non-communicable diseases this fiscal year,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 17/10/2020)
Recovering
drug users in Nepal have it tough during the
pandemic, by Sunny Mahat (ae 16/10/2020)
Dr.
KC Voices For Egalitarian Healthcare, by
Mukti Rijal (rn 15/10/2020)
Women
Unhappy Over Rules Discouraging Them To Donate
Plasma, by Sampada A. Khatiwada (rn
13/10/2020)
Foul
play suspected in private firm’s deal to supply
Russian vaccine to Nepal : Experts and officials
wonder how a little-known company reached an
agreement to import the Covid-19 vaccine when
the government should have been taking the lead,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 01/10/2020), Much
ado about vaccine : Nepal must put in place an
effective vaccine policy so as to ensure total
coverage (kp 01/10/2020)
First-ever
eye camp reaches remote Bajhang areas : A team
of health workers reached Saipal Rural
Municipality on Wednesday and examined 135 eye
patients, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
17/09/2020)
The
shadow curve : Disruptions in health services
due to the pandemic could result in a secondary
health crisis (kp 11/09/2020)
Many
elderly people in Saipal live with treatable
visual impairment for lack of medical facilities
: More than 80 percent of eye patients will
regain their sight if authorities conduct an eye
camp, say health workers, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 10/09/2020)
Upper
Dolpa deprived of lifesaving health services
(ht 09/09/2020)
Surgeons
Suggest Govt To Upgrade Manpower, Services For
Free Treatment Of Acid Victims, by Nayak
Paudel (rn 23/08/2020)
Don’t
let hospitals deny medical care to anyone: SC to
govt (ht 17/08/2020)
With
Covid, people fear to visit Teku for anti-rabies
vaccine: n an average, 30 people visited the
hospital daily during the four months of
lockdown. After restrictions were eased, the
number has reached 50, by Anup Ojha (kp
17/08/2020)
Coverage
of measles-rubella campaign lowest in Bagmati
Province: 26 percent of children under five
years old missed out on the life-saving vaccine,
which child health experts say is an alarming
trend, by Arjun Poudel (kp 04/08/2020)
Is
Eradication Of Hepatitis B Possible?, by
Shyam P. Lohani (rn 02/08/2020)
Snakebite
victims are dying in Taplejung as they do not
get immediate medical attention: For eastern
hill and mountain districts, the only snakebite
treatment centre is in Charali, Jhapa, which
could take days to reach for those living in
remote regions, by Ananda Gautam (kp
29/07/2020), End
snakebite deaths: Sitting on data and doing
nothing about it is a problem bigger than any
public health issue that plagues Nepal (kp)
Taking
Measures To Avert Snakebites, by Shyam P.
Lohani (rn 12/07/2020)
Bhimphedi
Rural Municipality provides free health
insurance to Chepangs: As many as 603 people
from the marginalised Chepang community will
benefit from the health insurance policy from
the upcoming fiscal year, by Pratap Bista
(kp 11/07/2020)
At
Mahakali Hospital, patients of snakebite and
Covid-19 are in want of ventilator: The hospital
doesn’t have an isolation centre either, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 06/07/2020)
Over
620,000 children under one year to get rotavirus
vaccine starting this week: With seven new
vaccines introduced since 2004, the number of
vaccines on the regular immunisation list
reaches 12, by Arjun Poudel (kp 28/06/2020)
Vitamin
A, deworming drug drive on July 6, 7 (ht
26/06/2020)
Lockdown
curtailed tuberculosis patients’ access to
health facilities, TB center says: A study shows
detection of new tuberculosis cases declined by
50 percent during the lockdown, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 14/06/2020)
MoWCSC
seeks people’s access to regular health services
(ht 11/06/2020)
Let
the patients choose: It is time we started to
routinely ask patients about their wishes for
end-of-life care, by Ranjan Pathak (kp
05/06/2020)
No
insurance for coronavirus from today (ht
05/06/2020)
Seven
kidney patients have died in the last 36 days at
the National Hospital in Birgunj: While
relatives allege malpractice, director Basruddin
Ansari says his hospital is not responsible for
dialysis patients who die after returning home,
by Bhusan Yadav (kp 03/06/2020), Probe
dialysis deaths: Alleged malpractices at NMCTH
should resuscitate debate on medical ethics and
quality of care in Nepal (kp 04/06/2020)
Thousands
of children in Kathmandu deprived of
immunisation: Doctors say the capital city is
highly vulnerable to outbreak of
vaccine-preventable diseases, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 02/06/2020)
Capital’s
blood banks running on low reserves, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 25/05/2020)
Kidney
patients dying due to COVID-19 lockdown: A
nationwide quarantine aimed at controlling one
disease is causing deaths from another, by S
Dhiren (nt 08/05/2020)
Patients
under regular medication face shortage of
medicines due to prolonged lockdown: A heart
patient died on Monday because she ran out of
her supply of medicines, according to District
Hospital in Chainpur, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 06/05/2020)
Lockdown
hits immunisation drive against diarrhoea: The
government was planning to vaccinate 620,000
children against rotavirus this year, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 04/05/2020)
Diminishing
vaccine stock becomes a cause for concern for
health officials: Thousands of newborns will
miss their shots if the supply of vaccines is
not replenished soon, officials say, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 03/05/2020)
Lost
in translation: The people deserve more
essential health services, and the government
must clarify and publicise what’s available
(kp 30/04/2020))
Gosaikunda
Rural Municipality starts providing door-to-door
health services: More than 200 residents have
received services in the last three days,
according to the rural municipal office, by
Balaram Ghimire (kp 25/04/2020)
HIV
patients in Baglung getting drug delivered at
their doorsteps (ht 24/04/2020)
Haemophilia
patients lack medicines to plug bleeding: The
situation has worsened after movement of
international flights was disrupted, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 23/04/2020))
Cases
of snakebite on the rise with the onset of
summer: With the country under lockdown and the
state mechanism concentrating on combating the
possible outbreak of Covid-19, experts worry
treatment of snakebite patients may face hurdles,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 20/04/2020)
Coronavirus
threat affects immunisation campaign: Millions
of kids not to get measles and other vaccines on
time, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 16/04/2020)
Time
To Improve Healthcare Facilities, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 07/04/2020)
Focus
on COVID-19 could increase mortality of other
diseases, by Shree Ram Subedi (rep
02/04/2020)
Lockdown
transport woes for cancer, kidney patients,
by Sabitri Dhakal(ht 31/03/2020)
With
the country under lockdown, a blood crisis
looms: Numerous blood drives had already been
cancelled due to Covid-19 fears, but the
lockdown has meant that all blood donations have
stopped, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 26/03/2020)
Dialysis
services in a government hospital halt due to
chemical shortage: Narayani Hospital in Birgunj
used to conduct dialysis of 18 to 20 kidney
patients on a daily basis, by Bhusan Yadav
(kp 21/03/2020)
Hospitals
with 50 or more beds told to suspend non-urgent
checkups, surgeries (rep 21/03/2020) [This will affect basic
health care, especially in rural areas!]
70,000
children to be vaccinated in capital (ht
18/03/2020)
Chitwan
low on blood reserves as donation events are
halted over coronavirus fears: There is a demand
for 150 pints of blood daily, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 16/03/2020)
Elderly,
needy to get health service at their doorstep
(ht 06/03/2020)
Why
preventive health care is important: The general
public believes full body checkups are
unnecessary, but a majority of doctors in Nepal
prescribe annual checkups as a precautionary
measure, by Shashwat Pant (kp 05/03/2020)
Elephantiasis
still a major health challenge in Bara district:
The government has been launching mass drug
administration programme to reduce the number of
elephantiasis patients in the affected districts,
by Laxmi Sah (kp 03/03/2020)
Hearing
Loss in Nepal can be prevented: 16.6 percent of
Nepalis suffer from hearing problems, one of the
highests in Asia, by Milan Maharjan (rep
03/03/2020)
Access
to medical marijuana: The right to obtain
medical cannabis pursuant to the law has been
denied to the Nepali people, by Ankit Dhakal
(kp 01703/2020)
Rush
hour traffic snarls slow down ambulances, put
patients’ lives at risk: Although traffic police
try their best to clear the way, some drivers
don’t help the cause, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
27/02/2020)
Measles
outbreak in Dhading , two years after district
declared fully immunised: A medical team found
that none of the children in Soldanda village
was vaccinated against the disease, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 27/02/2020), Not
measles-free after all: Immunisation drives lose
credibility due to premature celebrations
(kp 28/02/2020)
To
address the blood supply and demand gap, Hamro
LifeBank maintains a digital database: The
company has so far collected a database of some
18,000 donors which is being updated on a daily
basis, by Krishana Prasain (kp 17 /02/2020)
Poor
handling of infections at health facilities
concerns experts: Hospital-acquired infections
can complicate treatment and even cause deaths,
health experts say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
16/02/2020)
Rampant
ambulance fees hit patients hard in Baitadi: A
majority of the ambulances, in government and
private hospitals, in the district charge more
than what is fixed by the District Ambulance
Committee, by Tripti Shahi (kp 14/02/2020)
Nationwide
immunisation drive against measles-rubella kicks
off today: Three million children under five to
be inoculated in a bid to eliminate disease by
2023, by Arjun Poudel (kp 13/02/2020): , Immunization
for better health: Why do parents choose not to
vaccinate their children against measles and
rubella? Why do they fail to complete the second
dose?, by Prakash Raj Bhatt (rep 13/02/2020)
Rs
508 million spent on medical services reimbursed
(ht 07/02/2020)
nti-filariasis
campaign to begin from February 25 (ht
04/02/2020)
Open
border main challenge to curb elephantiasis in
Kanchanpur: Elephantiasis is the second major
infectious disease after leprosy to cause
permanent and long-term disability in the
country, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 03/02/2020)
Misdiagnosed
afflictiom: True affliction is when people in
rural districts of Nepal die of diarrhea because
of poor sanitation and dirty water, when
pregnant women lose their lives because they
don’t have access to prenatal care, by Amod
Pyakuryal (rep 29/01/2020)
Authorities
told to enforce anti-tobacco law (ht
26/01/2020)
Experts
advise national health laboratory to upgrade its
bio-safety level 3 facility: A team recommended
by the World Health Organisation examined the
laboratory, by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/01/2020)
Children
in rural Sindhupalchok deprived of
government-run vaccination programmes: Health
officials rarely reach the villages to
administer the vaccines putting the lives of
children at risk, by Anish Tiwari (kp
21/01/2020)
TB
patients continue to face medication barrier
(ht 19/01/2020)
Lack
of dialysis machine hits kidney patients hard
(ht 19/01/2020)
A
shot in the arm for vaccines in Nepal: As
anti-vaccine rumours spread globally on social
media, Nepal has a different problem: an unmet
demand for immunisation, by Sonia Awale (nt
17/01/2020)
Health
Ministry deputes a doctor, paramedics at the
airport health desk: Currently, there’s no
facility in the country that isolates passengers
suspected of carrying infectious diseases,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 16/01/2020), Nepal's
approach to the risk of globalised epidemics is
troubling: The lackadaisical approach goes
against common sense, and will prove costly
(kp 17/01/2020)
Number
of burn victims is rising at an alarming rate,
but the country is ill-equipped to treat them:
Many are dying because of lack of awareness, as
burns are yet to be recognised as health
priority, doctors say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
12/01/2020)
New
action plan proposes declaring public health
emergency in case of hazardous level of
pollution: The emergency situation could mean
introducing odd-even rules for vehicles,
stopping vehicular movement in some parts and
shutting schools among others, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 09/01/2020)
Non-communicable
disease medicines worth Rs 135 million to be
distributed free of charge: Several studies show
more than two-thirds of deaths are caused by
non-communicable diseases, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 06/01/2020)
Sudurpaschim
is arming health posts with ultrasound machines:
Health officials claim the tele-ultrasound
system helps to control the alarming child and
maternal mortality rates, by Arjun Shah (kp
06/01/2020)
Children
deprived of vaccination in Bajura, by
Krishna Oli (rep 02/01/2020)
TIA
health desk without staff ahead of Visit Nepal
2020: Health experts warn of possible
transmission of deadly diseases, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 31/12/2019)
Health
care sectors witness turmoil in 2019: The year
was ridden with outbreaks of contagious diseases
that stretched the underprepared health
authority to its limit and beyond, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 31/12/2019)
Preventing
vaccine-related rumours: Media must play a
proactive role in stopping false rumours and
misinformation from spreading, by Mukesh
Adhikari (kp 31/12/2019)
As
mercury drops, doctors advise avoiding morning
runs but stress regular indoor exercise:
Freezing temperatures could expose people to
more health risks, including heart attack and
brain stroke, by Arjun Poudel (kp
30/12/2019)
Rotavirus
vaccine plan faces uncertainty as aid agency
questions local governments’ capacity to spend:
The vaccine is used to protect against rotavirus
infections, which are the leading causes of
severe diarrhoea among young children, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 29/12/2019), Treating
diarrhoea once and for all: The government must
introduce rotavirus vaccines without any delay
if it is serious about decreasing child
mortality owing to diarrhoea (kp
30/12/2019)
National
TB Center forced to purchase TB vaccine from
Indian black market: Officials say they took the
step in order not to risk discontinuation of
treatment of more than 250 patients, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 28/12/2019)
75,000
persons pledge to donate cornea (ht
27/12/2019)
Threat
of pneumonia: Taking preventive measures is the
best way to keep children below 15 years of age
free from influenza and pneumonia (ht
27/12/2019)
Securing
Environmental Health: Environmental health
should be one of the biggest priorities for the
government of Nepal to minimize the burden of
infectious and increasing level of
non-communicable diseases, by Yadav Prasad
Joshi (rep 25/12/2019)
Negligence
of private pathology labs in Janakpur puts human
health at risk: Dozens of private pathology labs
are operating in the hospital area without
registration, locals say, by Santosh Singh
(kp 22/12/2019)
Primary
health care: The actual implementation of the
legal instruments and policy provisions has been
lacklustre, by Obindra B. Chand (kp
22/12/2019)
Free
health check-up drive in Province 3 on hold due
to lack of skilled human resources: The health
programme was conceptualised to help the poor,
marginalised families, conflict victims and
family members of martyrs, by Subash Bidari
(kp 21/12/2019)
Religious
leaders are key to immunisation success in
Kapilvastu’s Muslim settlements: Kapilvastu is
lagging behind other districts in meeting the
government’s immunisation targets, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 18/12/2019)
Mass
vaccination campaign against measles-rubella to
kick off in February (ht 18/12/2019)
Treatment
hit due to lack of equipment (ht 17/12/2019)
[on snake-bites]
Number
of districts declared fully immunised increases
to 58, but immunisation coverage is far from
target: The government has pushed the deadline
to declare the country free of measles-rubella
virus 2023, by Arjun Poudel (kp 16/12/2019)
400
patients visit eye, ear camp in Bhojpur (ht
14/12/2019)
Is
free health care possible in Nepal? … yes it is,
and a hospital in Achham has shown how it is
done, by SP Kalaunee (nt 13(12/2019)
EDCD
prepares national guidelines for snakebite
management, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht
12/12/2019)
Adolescents
to be included in mothers’ health groups:
Officials hope the inclusion of adolescents in
mothers’ groups will help sort out their
problems., by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/12/2019)
Health
insurance programme a blessing for the
impoverished in Rukum (West): The data of the
District Hospital showed that more than 9,571
people have received treatment under the
programme since its launch in May 2018, by
Hari Gautam (kp 07/12/2019)
SAG
players prone to respiratory illness, say docs,
by Sabitri Dhakal ht 01/12/2019)
Superstition
is killing people in Bajhang district: Many
people die in the remote district due to
superstitious belief and delayed medical
response, say health workers, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 26/11/2019)
Ban
Smoking In Public Places, by Shyam P. Lohani
(rn 24/11/2019)
Kidney
patients demand allowance (kp 19/11/2019)
Kathmandu
metropolis’ anti-tobacco drive goes up in smoke
(ht 18/11/2019)
Keeping
diabetes at bay: More than half of diabetes
cases remain undiagnosed in Nepal. Families need
to be provided with knowledge, resources and
environment to understand diabetes and its
management, by Bishal Gawali (rep
17/11/2019)
With
health desk at Kathmandu international airport
running out of staff, it’s on the verge of
closure: None of the health desks at land
crossings between Nepal and India and Nepal and
China are functioning due to lack of resources,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/11/2019)
How
to get the right treatment for your burns: In
Nepal, doctors say that not many people are
well-informed on how to prevent and effectively
treat mild as well as severe burn-related
incidents and injuries, by June Karkee (kp
07/11/2019)
Health
Ministry to study minimum service standards of
state-run health facilities: The move aims to
improve the quality of healthcare services being
provided by state-run health facilities, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 06/11/2019)
Karnali
Province to provide nursing care at the
community level: The Social Development Ministry
to start the process to hire over 200 nursing
staff for the province, by Arjun Poudel (kp
05/11/2019)
Patients
made to pay illegally for vital self-dialysis
fluid, by Shree Ram Subedi (rep 31/10/2019)
Health
Ministry to establish 1,200 vaccine cold stores
in the next four years: Child health experts say
the extension of cold storage units will boost
the efficacy of vaccines, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 25/10/2019)
It’s
Breast Cancer Awareness Month and doctors say
self-examinations could make a huge difference:
Most women with breast cancer are diagnosed in
late stages because of a lack of awareness of
early detection and barriers to health services,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/10/2019)
Lack
of blood bank hits patients hard in Bajura
(ht 21/10/2019)
Around
2.7 million children are being administered
vitamin A supplements: Children aged between six
months and five years will get vitamin A and
deworming tablets during the two-day campaign on
Saturday and Sunday, by Arjun Poudel (kp
20/10/2019)
Health
Ministry launches detection programme to curb
tuberculosis spread: National Tuberculosis
Centre aims to provide service in all 77
districts within the next two years, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 13/10/2019)
Yoga
and Ayurveda training planned for teachers and
students: The programme is aimed to reduce the
burden of the major risk factors for
non-communicable diseases, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 13/10/2019)
Health
Ministry to run a nation-wide measles-rubella
campaign next year: The immunisation drive is
supposed to cover over three million children,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 11/10/2019)
Epidemiology
division asks doctors to be on call during
Dashain holidays: Health ministry directs local
and provincial health facilities to keep
emergency wards open, by Arjun Poudel (kp
06/10/2019)
Healthcare
in disarray in Sudurpaschim Province: Absence of
implementing is guidelines weighing the health
sector down, by Arjun Shah (kp 01/10/2019)
Government
is not spending enough to prevent and treat
non-communicable diseases: Sixty-six percent of
all deaths in Nepal are caused by
non-communicable diseases, a 2017 study found,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 30/09/2019)
Hospital
bans prescription of antioxidant drugs and
nutritional supplements for cancer patients:
Most doctors prescribe them even though the
products are of no use for cancer patients,
experts say, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
26/09/2019)
Government
set to allow import of medicines used in
critical care: Health facilities face shortage
of medicines needed for high blood pressure,
diabetes, cancer, heart and kidney ailments,
among others, by Arjun Poudel (kp
23/09/2019)
Women
are suffering due to a lack of doctors at
district hospitals: The entire healthcare sector
suffers from staff and funding shortages—and the
slow implementation of federalism (kp
23/09/2019)
Ministry
of Health and Population to resume telemedicine
services: The government has allocated Rs 5
million to revive the long-distance medical
consulting facility in some hospitals in remote
districts within this fiscal year, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 20/09/2019)
Ad
hocism after political changes to blame for the
country’s broken health care system: Instead of
building capacity at provincial and local
levels, the federal government rushed to
dismantle the existing mechanism, experts say,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/09/2019)
Shortage
of essential medicines in Parsa health posts
affects services: Treatment for minor ailments
such as viral fever, diarrhoea, skin and ear
infections is a challenge, by Bhusan Yadav
(kp 10/09/2019)
Lack
of doctors affects health services (ht
09/09/2019)
Villagers
in remote Makwanpur villages enjoy excellent
services at health posts: Representatives of
various local units have been regularly
inspecting health facilities to provide
effective health services, by Pratap Bista
(kp 06/09/2019)
MR
vaccine drive pushed back: The nationwide
measles-rubella inoculation campaign was planned
for this year, by Arjun Poudel (kp
04/09/2019)
Nepal
felicitated for controlling Hepatitis B (ht
04/09/2019)
This
is how to upgrade Nepal’s rural health:
Bayalpata Hospital represents a functioning
model of accessible and affordable medical care
in remote Nepal, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt
30/08/2019)
Without
specialised care, older adults deprived of basic
health care facilities: A lack of geriatric
services has been affecting the senior citizens
of Nepal in availing of proper geriatric care,
by Sachitra Gurung (kp 29/08/2019)
Telemedicine
service launched in Kavre, by Madhusudhan
Guragain (rep 28/08/2019)
Government
to include human papillomavirus vaccine in the
regular immunisation list: Doctors say
HPV-caused cervical cancer is the number one
killer of women in Nepal, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 27/08/2019)
Shortage
of blood putting lives at risk in Bajhang
District Hospital: To meet the demand for blood,
Nepal Army officials and hospital personnel have
been donating blood at the hospital for the past
three years, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
24/08/2019)
How
an ambitious health plan went down the drain as
authorities failed to implement it: A new report
shows that two out of every three deaths in the
country are caused by non-communicable
diseases—heart disease, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, lower respiratory infection,
and stroke, by Arjun Poudel (kp 20/08/2019)
After
failing to buy vitamin A supplements and
deworming tablets, Health Ministry seeks UN
help: This is the third time the government has
requested the UN agency to supply the
supplements and medicines, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 18/08/2019)
Rolpa
doctors perform cesarean delivery with mobile
flashlights, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
18/08/2019)
Vitamin
D deficiency: The govt should begin an awareness
campaign to fight against vitamin D deficiency,
which is especially prevalent among women and
children (ht 15/08/2019)
Health
Ministry prepares ‘basic health service package’
to ensure health care to patients: Once
endorsed, patients can even file lawsuits
against the government health facilities that
deny the services, by Arjun Poudel (kp
13/08/2019)
Though
costly, helicopter services crucial in medical
emergencies, by Sarita Shrestha (rep
12/08/2019)
Civil
servant adjustment triggers chaos in health
sector, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 12/08/2019)
Hurdles
to healthcare (ht 11/08/2019)
After
missing the measles elimination deadline, the
government is planning to extend it by five
years: To achive eliminated status, number of
cases should be less than five in every
1,000,000 population, or no cases throughout the
year, by Arjun Poudel (kp 11/08/2019)
Haphazard
transfers of technical staff leave health
services in disarray: While the government’s
arbitrary move created chaos, the country runs
the risk of losing the achievements it has made
in several sectors, experts say, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 07/08/2019)
Health
Emergency Operation Centre lacks funds for
emergency situations: Officials deployed to
Tarai—after floods wreaked havoc—were asked to
manage cash on their own, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 04/08/2019)
Nepalis
are dying from snakebites and the country wants
the world’s attention: An international
conference to be held in Kathmandu this weekend
will seek answers to the largely unaddressed
problem of snakebites across the country, by
Thomas Heaton (kp 01/08/2019), Experts
gather in Kathmandu to discuss challenges of
snakebites (ht 02/08/2019), “Snakebite
is treatable, no one need die from it” (nt
02/08/2019), HISSS:
The first-ever international conference on
snakebite in Nepal seeks antidotes to the
epidemic, by Sonia Awale (nt 02/08/2019)
Absence
of motorable bridge over Seti river create
difficulties for villagers: Patients have to be
carried on stretchers or in bamboo baskets to
reach District Hospital in Chainpur, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 30/07/2019)
Education
necessary to eliminate rabies (ht
30/07/2019)
Immunisation
necessary for protection against hepatitis
(ht 29/07/2019)
Snakebite
patients in eastern Nepal dying due to lack of
timely treatment, by Amar Khadka (rep
27/07/2019)
Shortage
of doctors hits health services in west
Ramechhap: Patients are forced to travel to
Kathmandu to receive treatment, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 25/07/2019)
Health
ministry plans to run measles vaccination drive
in flood-hit districts: Outbreak risks of
contagious and vector-borne diseases are
normally high after floods, according to health
officials, by Arjun Poudel (kp 23/07/2019)
Effective
service in place for snakebite victims in Jhapa
district (ht 23/07/2019)
Snakebites:
Neglected Health Problem, by Shyam P. Lohani
(rn 21/07/2019)
Telemedicine,
once a boon for rural Nepalis, is almost
defunct: Officials admit its effectiveness but
say a lack of funds has halted a potential
game-changer in remote health care, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 21/07/2019)
TUTH
performs second living donor liver transplant,
by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 20/07/2019)
People
above 80 receive free health service at
doorstep: Health workers in Dhankuta have been
visiting homes of senior citizens every four
months to provide them the medical services,
by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 13/07/2019)
Nepali
Muslims to embark on Hajj journey in a week, but
government yet to vaccinate them: Health
Ministry says it will fast-track the vaccine
procurement, by Arjun Poudel (kp 11/07/2019)
Makwanpur
local unit endorses free health care for
Chepangs: Bhimphedi Rural Municipality becomes
the first local unit to distribute free health
insurance cards to the impoverished
Chepang community (kp 06/07/2019)
Healthcare
at risk: Health budget is inadequate, and
coordination among the provinces and the state
is lacking (kp 04/07/2019)
SC
orders hospital, doctor to compensate victim
(ht 04/07/2019)
What
ails Nepal’s health care sector: Health minister
says there are too many issues and he alone
can’t do anythin, by Arjun Poudel (kp
03/07/2019) [Such health
minister is incompetent ans should resign
immediately!]
Local
unit in Doti expands health services: KI Singh
Rural Municipality has roped in a doctor and has
opened a pharmacy with X-ray service, by
Mohan Shahi (kp 02/07/2019)
Province
3 health office gets budget 10 months too late
and is now in a rush to spend money: Without
funds, health facilities were left without
essential drugs and training programmes were
halted, by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/06/2019)
Lack
of trust, awareness limits access to health
services (ht 22/06/2019)
Cancer
detection difficult in lack of medical
facilities, by Manju Upreti (rep 22/06/2019)
Peacekeepers
returning from some disease-hit countries avoid
health desk at the airport: Health officials
stress the need for adhering to rules,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/06/2019)
CoMS
Bharatpur conducts kidney transplant (ht
15/06/2019)
In
Bhaktapur, healthcare comes to your door: For
the past two years, Bhaktapur Municipality has
been delivering free healthcare
services—right to homes of the needy patients,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 14/06/2019)
Blood
shortage in Baitadi Hospital affects
patientsCritical patients are being referred to
Dadeldhura and Dhangadhi for treatment, by
Tripti Shah (kp 14/06/2019)
Healthcare
in a quagmire: Spending on medicines accounts
for the biggest share of healthcare expenditure,
by Lila Bahadur Basnet (kp 10/06/2019)
Yarchagumba
pickers’ request for health facilities in
Bajhang highlands goes unheeded: Pickers have
been dying to treatable diseases like flu,
diarrhoea and altitude sickness, by Basanta
Pratap Singh and Hari Gautam (kp 07/06/2019), Eight
Yarsa pickers have died in Dolpa this season so
far, by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep
07/06/2019)
Nepal
tests and treats TB with a flying pharmacy,
by Ramu Sapkota (nt 07/06/2019)
With
heart complications the leading cause of death
among Nepali migrants, doctors recommend blood
pressure screenings before departureIn the last
nine years, over 1,500 Nepali migrant workers
have died due to cardiovascular reasons.
But the focus remains on tuberculosis, doctors
say, by Arjun Poudel (kp 06/06/2019)
Lung
tumour removed without any incision, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 06/06/2019)
Health
ministry set to put rotavirus vaccine on regular
immunisation list, by Arjun Poudel (kp
05/06/2019)
TUTH
transplants liver from living donor (ht
02/06/2019)
Antibiotic
apocalypse: Antibiotics are overused and
misprescribed in both humans and animals across
the country. Doctors and researchers say
that bacteria are evolving faster than ever,
developing resistances to the most commonly used
antibiotics, making infections harder to treat,
by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 01/06/2019)
12
percent tobacco tax hike not good enough, health
experts say: Tobacco use has been linked with
many life threatening diseases, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 01/06/2019)
Hospital
receives 150 dog bite cases per day (ht
27/05/2019)
Cancer
taking toll on the poor (ht 26/05/2019)
Cases
of thyroid disorder on the rise, many lack
awareness (ht 26/05/2019)
Gandaki
Province govt runs free health camp for senior
citizens: Elderly citizens with eye, ear and
heart ailments have benefited from the
provincial government’s health initiative
(ht 26/05/2019)
‘Tax
hike on tobacco products will bring down
patients of cancer, heart diseases’ (ht
25/05/2019)
Low
cost treatment for sickle cell disease at govt
hospital (ht 25/05/2019)
Health
officials urge city residents to be cautious
about the water they drink: The detection of
cholera in the Valley—much before monsoon sets
in—is alarming, they say, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 16/05/2019)
Sickle
cell patients struggle for treatment as hospital
fails to repair machine, by Kamal Khatri
(rep 16/05/2019)
Keeping
an eye on pollution: While the brunt of
pollution-related illnesses and diseases are
pulmonary, and the focus is placed on such
problems, specialists say the effects of
pollution on our eyes are increasing, by
Thomas Heaton (kp 16/05/2019)
Ministry
urged to release Rs 3 billion for providing
health care to the disadvantaged: In the past
four months, the Nursing and Social Security
Division used up this fiscal year’s
budget—Rs1.10 billion—as reimbursement,
and to provide care for underprivileged
citizens, by Arjun Poudel (kp 14/05/2019)
Retinoblastoma
awareness week begins (ht 14/05/2019)
Government
stops reimbursing health facilities for offering
free treatment to ‘disadvantaged’: Dozens of
state and private health facilities have signed
the agreement with the ministry and have been
providing services accordingly, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 13/05/2019)
Accident
victims left in the lurch, by Hari Bahadur
Rathour (kp 07/05/2019)
Low
vaccine coverage rate, floating population
leading to repeat measles outbreaks, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 06/05/2019)
Ban
on smoking, tobacco use in public places bears
no fruit (ht 06/05/2019)
A
bloody large problem: Kathmandu is reeling under
a shortage of blood. But it is people from
outside the Valley who come here for surgery
that are suffering the most, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 02/05/2019)
22
per cent children across country yet to be fully
immunised (ht 30/04/2019)
Death
of
yet another burn victim shows how little has
changed in last 20 years: Two decades ago, there
was no specialised burns treatment outside of
Kathmandu and victims had to be brought all the
way to the Capital. Things remain the same, as
Kanchan Mandal’s death shows, by Bhrikuti
Rai (kp 27/04/2019)
City
dwellers
do not support government health programmes and
services: On top of that, female volunteers
often face awkward and uncomfortable situations,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/04/2019)
Bitter
pill to swallow: Dr Govinda KC has legitimate
demands, ones that affect the quality of your
healthcare directly, by Jiwan Kshetry (kp
21/04/2019)
More
than 2.76 million kids given vitamin A capsules
(ht 20/04/2019)
Staff
adjustment
disarray in disease control office: If an
epidemic were to break out, we do not have
enough trained manpower to contain the
situation, says Dr Bibek Kumar Lal,
director of the Epidemiology and Disease Control
Division, by Arjun Poudel (kp 18/04/2019)
Hemophilia
cure:
The government should consider incorporating a
specific hemophilia care policy in the national
health policy of Nepal, by S Satapathy (rep
18/04/2019)
Haemophilia
patients urge government for free medication
(ht 13/04/2019)
Govt
told to focus on prevention of diseases (ht
08/04/2019)
Large
thymus tumour removed successfully (ht
07/04/2019)
Government
calls
applications from health facilities to conduct
medical check-ups of migrant workers: Labour
ministry expects the number of medical centres,
which meet the required criteria, to go up,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 28/03/2019)
Health
care in disarray due to bureaucratic hassles:
Officials, by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/03/2019)
'Private
health centers in Rolpa prescribing wrong
medicines' (rep 27/03/2019)
Trauma
centre
patients forced to seek MRI, CT scan services
elsewhere: Doctors say sending critical patients
out of the hospital could result in
complications, by Arjun Poudel (kp
22/03/2019)
Kidney
failure
avoidable with timely intervention: 3,000 people
in Nepal suffer from renal failure; The
government provides free dialysis and
transplantation services, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 14/03/2019)
City’s
fresh bid to ban tobacco consumption in public
places, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/03/2019)
Dentists
commit to stopping mercury use in dental
fillings, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/03/2019)
Ministry
requests UNICEF for vitamin ‘A’ supplement,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 26/02/2019)
Govt
not to bear medical expenses for anyone abroad
(ht 26/02/2019)
Thousands
benefit from health camp (ht 20/02/2019)
Patients
elated to regain lost eyesight, by Bhagwati
Lama (rep 18/02/2019)
Averting
hospital-acquired
infection a major challenge: Medical council
says comprehensive training for doctors on the
issue is a must (kp 13/02/2019)
Siraha
eye hospital sets 'record' for highest number of
surgeries, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep
12/02/2019)
Free
health camp organised targeting urban poor
(ht 10/02/2019)
Patients
forced to seek medical attention across the
border, by Pant (kp 08/02/2019)
Patient
needs
surgery; doctors can’t agree on blood group:
Multiple clinical laboratories issued
contradicting reports for a heart patient,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 07/02/2019), Many
patients, little patience: Clinical
laboratories must be regulated (kp
08/02/2019)
More
doctors
are prescribing vitamin supplements. Do patients
need them? Some of the supplements suggested to
patients have been banned by the
Department of Drug Administration, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 06/02/2019)
Six-month-old
dies after ‘vaccination’, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 05/02/2019)
Rallying
for
cancer awareness: More than 100 people took to
the Prithvi Highway to raise awareness for
cancer—but there is more work to be done, by
Thomas Heaton (kp 05/02/2019)
People
deprived of eye care in Bajhang villages, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 01/02/2019)
Local
units okayed to issue helicopter rescue permits,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2019)
Lack
of updated database a challenge to Kathmandu’s
immunisation campaign (kp 24/01/2019)
Bridging
healthcare gaps: Data on disabled needed, by
Pralhad Gairapipli (ht 23/01/2019)
Ministry
to expand free dialyses service (kp
21/01/2019)
‘Transplant
better option than dialysis’: Lawmakers say this
will reduce the burden of healthcare
costs on state, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
21/01/2019)
Artificial
limbs provided to 51 amputees at Norvic hospital
(ht 14/01/2019)
Province
2 lagging behind in healthcare, says DPM Yadav
(ht 12/01/2019)
Giving
sight to the blind: How a Kathmandu-based
eyewear brand is selling sunglasses and funding
cataract surgeries, by Timothy Aryal (kp
17/12/2018)
Lack
of technical manpower halts health services,
by Yuvraj Biwas (rep 10/12/2018)
Government
urged to focus on improving public health (ht
18/11/2018)
Govt’s
rotavirus vaccination campaign likely to hit
snag (ht 14/11/2018)
Shortage
of tetanus vaccine hits nation (kp
12/11/2018)
Monopoly
of ambulance drivers: Patients taken to hospital
in CDO's vehicle, by Narahari Sapkota (rep
12/11/2018)
Impoverished
woman seeks help for her treatment (ht
11/11/2018)
Kin
allege negligence of docs after patient’s death
(ht 24/10/2018)
The
right to sight: Ensuring eye care for all,
by Radhika Upreti Oli (ht 15/10/12018)
Affordable
eye treatment at SCEH a boon to the poor, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 13/10/2018)
Use
of advanced technology making cataract surgery
easier and safer (ht 11/10/2018)
Negligence
of health workers hits patients (ht
10/10/2018)
Mobile
app for blood transfusion (kp 08/10/2018)
Bed-ridden since birth, by Narahari Sapkota
(rep 23/09/2018)
Quack
prescribes woman’s death, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh (kp 16/09/2018)
No
medical specialist in Dang (rep 09/09/2018)
SC
stresses criminal liability for serious medical
negligence, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep
06/09/2018)
Snakebite
patients up in Tarai region (ht 04/09/2018),
Raptisonari
gets its first snakebite treatment center,
by Arjun Oli (rep 06/09/2018)
Shortage
of RIG vaccines hits patients at STIDH (ht
02/09/2018)
No
more discounts on chartered rescue flights for
Nepali citizens (rep 01/09/2018)
Shot
in the arm: Nepal has been certified for outstanding
performance in immunisation (kp 29/08/2018)
Rupandehi
wins praises for its public health care (kp
24/08/2018)
Cancer
patients suffer in lack of tomotherapy machine: Bid to
buy Tomotherapy machine was finalized a year ago
(rep 23/08/2018)
Health
Minister vows medical supplies for all provinces
(kp 22/08/2018)
Elderly
to receive health services at home, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 21/08/2018)
Cancer
cases at Kanti rise, govt slashes funds: Grants
allocated for Kanti Children’s Hospital cut by Rs 26.4
million, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 20/08/2018)
Criminal
Code to affect emergency patients most: NMA vice-prez
(rep 18/08/2018)
Caring
for
those who cared: As the young migrate, growing demand
for home care for their parents reshapes health
services in Nepal, by Sikuma Rai (nt 17/08/2018)
Medicines
locked in storage while patients suffer in remote
districts, by Arjun Shah (kp 15/08/2018)
Mother
elated to see disabled daughter stand on her
feet, by Suresh Yadav (rep 13/08/2018)
Tougher
penalties proposed for medical recklessness,
negligence, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
11/08/2018)
Dailekh
sees first successful appendicitis surgery,
by Govinda KC (rep 09/08/2018)
Scheme
attracts people with chronic conditions, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 06/08/2018)
Snakebite
treatment relieves patients (ht 30/07/2018)
262,439
pints of blood collected last fiscal (ht
29/07/2018), Donors
seek recognition (ht 29/07/2018)
Nepal’s
Campaign Against Blindness, by Hira Bahadur
Thapa (rn 27/07/2018)
Foreign
Aid in Nepal’s Health Care Sector, by
Balaram Chaulagain (rn 21/07/2018)
WHO
calls for strengthening efforts to reach nearly
five million unvaccinated children (ht
18/07/2018)
Preventable
childhood deseases: Morang becomes fully
immunised district (kp 17/07/2018)
Jumla
shamans send patients to hospitals, by
Devendra Basnet and DB Budha (rep 10/07/2018)
Pyuthan
lacks anti-snake venom stock, by Shamsher
Bikram GC (rep 07/07/2018)
Take
another look: There is more to climate change
than meets the eye, it can cause vision
impairment, by Mahesh Kumar Dev and Sanjay
Marasini (kp 03/07/2018)
Rautes
switch to modern treatment methods, by
Govinda KC (rep 21/06/2018)
Bharatpur
to become first mercury-free medical city
(kp 19/06/2018)
Debunking
the myth: Brain tumours can be treated in Nepal
with results comparable to developed countries,
by Gopal Sedhain (kp 17/06/2018)
Kalikot
hospital put plaster cast on child's wrong hand,
by Pabitra Kumar Shahi (rep 16/06/2018)
Municipality
providing financial aid for treatment (ht
12/06/2018)
Shortage
of blood hits Chitwan district (ht
12/06/2018)
Air
ambulance plan evokes pessimism: Health Ministry
official says cost of air ambulance is
prohibitive (kp 08/06/2018)
Cancer
treatment possible in Nepal: NCHRC; Some 30,000
new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in
the country (ht 06/06/2018)
Large
chunk of ICTF being spent on kidney patients
(ht 05/06/2018)
Rural
Bajhang
folk struggle for health care: People of
Chuwaban and Budkhori are compelled to walk for
more than five hours to receive basic health
services, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
04/06/2018)
Purchase,
sale of tobacco continue unchecked (ht
01/06/2018), ‘Plan
to ban tobacco items’ (kp 02/06/2018)
Chest
physiotherapy effective for patients with COPD,
studies show (ht 02/06/2018)
More
people benefitting from govt’s free health
services (ht 31/05/2018)
Education
budget
fails to match government’s lofty goals:
Healthcare receives major boost with a
substantial increase of 44pc to Rs 56.41 billion
(kp 30/05/2018)
Patients
of spinal injury demand allowance (ht
28/05/2018)
Health
services at just Rs 100! (ht 26/05/2018)
Nepal
praised for eliminating trachoma (ht
23/05/2018)
Change
lifestyle to prevent high blood pressure, say
docs (ht 22/05/2018)
WHO
hails Nepal’s role in trachoma eradication
(kp 22/05/2018)
World
hypertension day: Docs advise public on disease
prevention and treatment (kp 18/05/2018)
Anti-rabies
vaccine crunch at Udayapur District Hospital
(ht 15/05/2018)
Children
undergoing regular health checkup to get
allowance (rep 15/05/2018)
Thalassaemia
patients await govt help (ht 09/05/2018)
No
shortage of anti-snake venom this year: Govt
(rep 04/05/2018)
Nepal-made
drone serves remote villages (kp 01/05/2018)
Doctors
seek kit to detect viruses in window period
(ht 01/05/2018)
MoH
recommends hiking excise duty on tobacco
products (ht 01/05/2018)
‘Allow
more hospitals to provide organ transplantation
services’ (ht 30/04/2018)
Saving
children: One vaccine at a time, by Mathuram
Santosham and Bikash Lamichhane (ht 27/04/2018)
Tobacco
pictorial warning rule still unimplemented
(ht 21/04/2018)
Modern
methods: Information and communication
technology has been instrumental in tracking and
solving health problems, by Ankit Khadgi (kp
20/04/2018)
‘Haemophilia
patients
need government support’: Only Nepal and
Bangladesh in South Asia do not provide free
treatment for the disease (ht 20/04/2018)
Anti-rabies
vaccines will be procured within a month, says
health ministry (ht 15/04/2018)
Locals
delighted after 'medical drone' reaches Ramche
carrying drugs, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep
13/04/2018)
Kathmandu
declared fully immunised (ht 10/04/2018)
EDCD
runs short of anti-rabies vaccines, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 07/04/2018)
Monthly
livelihood allowance eludes patients (ht
06/04/2018)
WHO
calls to ensure healthcare for all (ht
05/04/2018)
Lack
of awareness leading to rise in oral cancer
cases (ht 02/04/2018)
Failing
on
health: Until we are able to shift focus from
patient satisfaction to patient safety,
healthcare workers will continue to rearrange
deck chairs on the Titanic, by Jimmy
Kayastha (rep 02/04/2018)
Lack
of blood bank hampering treatment, by Daman
Rai (rep 02/04/2018)
Children
in Bajura, Humla deprived of vaccination (ht
30/03/2018)
80
per cent eye related problems curable, say
ophthalmologists (ht 28/03/2018)
NIC
to launch medical drones in Myagdi, by Hari
Krishna Gautam (rep 27/03/2018), Drones
to the rescue: Mahabir Pun’s National Innovation
Centre tests medicopters to treat patients in
remote areas, by Lucia de Vries (nt
30/03/2018), Test
flight of medical drones to begin from mid-April
(ht 31/03/2018)
Additional
budget sought for ICTF (ht 27/03/2018)
Glaucoma
patients increasing, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep
19/03/2018)
Mercury-free
dentistry and health care week opens in Chitwan
(kp 18/03/2018)
Female
patients
of kidney diseases deprived of proper care and
treatment: Pregnant women with high blood
pressure are at high risk of kidney diseases
(ht 08/03/2018)
2.6
million got their eyes checked (ht
02/03/2018)
NRCS
Panchthar charging Rs 810 for a pint of blood
(ht 01/03/2018)
Inclusive
health services: Caring for women with
disabilities, by Dev Datta Joshi (ht
28/02/2018)
KMC
launches drive against smoking and tobacco habit
(kp 24/02/2018), KMC
to check purchase, sale of tobacco products
(ht 26/02/2018)
Govt
launching anti-filariasis campaign (ht
21/02/2018), EDCD
advises all to take anti-filariasis drugs
(ht 25/02/2018)
Govt
issues procedure on allowance for patients
(ht 17/02/2018)
Ambulances
replacing helicopters in Khotang (rep
15/02/2018)
Campaign
launched to restore eyesight (ht 13/02/2018)
‘Cervical
cancer treatment possible if detected early’
(ht 27/01/2018)
Govt
starts providing monthly livelihood allowance to
poor patients, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht
26/01/2018), Govt
begins distributing Rs 5,000 each to patients
with serious illnesses (rep 27/01/2018), Livelihood
allowance won’t add financial burden on
government: Health minister (ht 30/01/2018)
Benefit
for
cancer, renal disease, spine patients: Finance
Ministry refuses Health Ministry budget; Finance
ministry officials say budget cannot be issued
without proper guidelines and availability of
name list of beneficiaries (kp 23/01/2018)
Bir
Hospital to start telemedicine services (ht
20/01/2018)
‘More
TB patients resistant to medication' (ht
20/01/2018)
International
conference on cancer care begins (ht
19/01/2018)
Government
begins collecting cancer patients’ details
(ht 18/01/2018)
KMC’s
inaction blamed for rising dog-bite incidents
(ht 16/01/2018)
Efficacy
in question, by Saurav Bashyal (ht
14/01/2018)
Retain
optometrists: If the goals of right to sight are
to be achieved, Nepal should stop emigration of
graduated optometrists rather than producing
more, by Sanjay Marasini and Dinesh Kaphle
(rep 14/01/2018)
Tobacco
control strategy launched (ht 13/01/2018), Tobacco
products imports drop by 30 per cent (ht
13/01/2018)
SC
dismisses petition against standards for
lead-based paint (kp 04/01/2017)
Curb
on tobacco sale, consumption fails (ht
02/01/2018)
Doctors
discuss new structure for healthcare services
(ht 31/12/2017)
Cancer,
renal, paralysis patients to get benefits
(kp 29/12/2017)
Early
treatment can prevent ischemic stroke: Docs
(ht 28/12/2017)
More
people benefiting from free health service
(ht 20/12/2017)
Celebrations
after over 1000 blind elderly regain eyesight,
by Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 20/12/2017)
MoH
proposes free treatment for people injured in
road accidents (ht 17/12/2017)
MoH
proposes to provide Rs 5,000 a month to poor
kidney, cancer patients (ht 16/12/2017), Proposal
to provide Rs5,000 to poor cancer, kidney
patients (kp 19/12/2017), Strike
a
balance: It is the duty of the government to
take care of the needy but it should also do its
service within its capacity and take into
account the future implications of any such
freebie (ht 19/12/2017)
Many
TB patients do not complete full medication
course, by Anita Shrestha (ht 14/12/2017)
Smoking
banned in Rupakot-Majhuwagadhi Municipality
(ht 13/12/2017)
‘FCHVs
can play crucial role in fighting NCDs’, by
Manish Gautam (kp 12/12/2017)
From
quantity
to quality: Achieving high quality of care will
require strong partnerships among federal,
state, and local governments, by Kishori
Mahat and Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 12/12/2017)
Early
diagnosis a must to treat glaucoma (ht
12/12/2017)
Free
health service fails to benefit poor people
(kp 26/11/2017)
20k
Lalitpur children to receive new typhoid
vaccination, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
22/11/2017)
Nepal
yet to down phase dental amalgam, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 14/11/2017)
Transition
to federalism Healthier Nepal, by Alaina B.
Teplitz (ht 30/10/2017)
Bhurungkhel
Chaur to be developed as acupressure park
(kp 29/10/2017)
More
people opting for oculoplastic surgery (ht
29/10/2017)
Thyroid
on the rise among kids, doctors say awareness
lacking, by Anita Shrestha (ht 28/10/2017)
Blood
crunch leaves NRCS calling for more donations
(ht 27/10/2017)
ICTF
to spend 60pc health care budget on kidney
diseases (ht 26/10/2017)
Call
to raise awareness against tobacco use (ht
26/10/2017)
Parents
doubt efficacy of polio vaccine (ht
25/10/2017)
Transplanting
success, by Pukar C. Shrestha (rep
23/10/2017)
‘Lack
of infrastructure affecting health services’
(ht 18/10/2017)
Most
rural women lack awareness of breast cancer
(ht 17/10/2017)
Early
intervention stressed for prevention of heart
diseases (kp 12/10/2017)
Nepal
Mediciti launches healthcare package (kp
12/10/2017)
Father
appeals for help to treat two children with skin
cancer, by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 09/10/2017)
Protect
community
health: Noise pollution is a major health
hazard; Nepal must learn to curb it
through regulation and enforcement, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 08/10/2017)
Trauma
centre conducts over 200 spine surgeries (ht
18/09/2017)
Pitiful
healthcare system: The motivation to increase
profits comes at the cost of ethics, by
Niranjan Khatiwada (kp 17/09/2017)
Villagers
forced to trek hours for basic medication,
by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 10/09/2017)
Acute
shortage of blood hits patients hard in Bajura
(ht 08/09/2017)
Most
men lack awareness of prostate cancer (ht
07/09/2017)
Stem
cell transplant to be launched (ht
05/09/2017)
Docs
warn of increase in snakebite cases (ht
01/09/2017)
Hello
Doctor service to be launched in Everest region
(kp 29/08/2017)
Snakebite
cases rise after tarai floods: Sagarmatha Zonal
Hospital lacks medcine, manpower, by
Jitendra Jha (rep 29/08/2017)
10
kg tumour extracted (ht 29/08/2017)
Wash
well before useFarmers and consumers should be
educated about pesticides to avoid health
hazards, by Dharmendra Kalauni (kp
27/08/2017)
Snakebite
cases up in Kanchanpur, by Bhawani Bhatta
(kp 23/08/2017)
More
than 500 given intradermal rabies vaccination
(ht 13/08/2017)
Think
Pink:
As breast cancer cases multiply, survivors break
taboos and talk about the disease so it can be
detected and treated early, by Sonia Awale
(nt 11/08/2017), Let's
talk about boobs: When you have to battle cancer
at the age of 32, what do you do? Talk about it,
by Suvekchya Ghimire (nt 11/08/2017)
Transplants
hit due to lack of donors (ht 09/08/2017)
Red
Cross hikes price of blood (ht 04/08/2017)
Jajarkot
without
anti-rabies vaccines: District Hospital says the
Regional Medical Store has not supplied the
vaccines despite their repeated requests (kp
03/08/2017)
Over
17,000
benefit under medical care for poor: Cancer
patients top the list of beneficiaries, followed
by those suffering from heart conditions,
sickle-cell and spinal injuries (kp
02/08/2017), 17,000
patients receive treatment under PCMTP (ht
02/08/2017)
Snakebite
deaths up as victims arrive late for treatment
(02/08/2017)
KMC
halts elderly health care scheme (kp
01/08/2017)
Over
5,000 patients benefited from free eye checkup,
by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane (rep 01/08/2017)
'Well-off
utilize government funds meant for poor', by
Ajit Tiwari (rep 31/07/2017)
WHO
urges action for eliminating hepatitis (ht
30/07/2017)
236,799
pints of blood collected thru donation camps
last fiscal (ht 29/07/2017)
Doctors
call for urgent action to eliminate hepatitis
(ht 29/07/2017)
Where
doctors donate blood to save lives (ht
28/07/2017)
Where
there’s smoke: Plain packaging is expected to
limit and reduce the attractiveness of
cigarettes, by Rishi Ram Chapagai (kp
26/07/2017)
Doctors
receiving training in cervical cancer surgery
(ht 24/07/2017)
Blood
demand increasing in Bhaktapur (ht
24/07/2017)
New
two vaccines to be introduced from this year
(ht 22/07/2017)
World
Health Organisation calls for scaling up tobacco
control measures (ht 22/07/2017)
Shortage
of
medicines, health staff in Jajarkot, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 19/07/2017)
Organ
transplantation:
Govt hospitals provide silver lining for
patients; Experts, however, say challenges
remain; stress infrastructure, human resources
(kp 18/07/2017)
Call
for
higher taxes on tobacco products (ht
17/07/2017)
TUTH
doctors
remove 35-kg tumour from woman’s uterus (kp
11/07/2017)
Health
of
health: There is mismatch between Nepal’s
commitment to communicable diseases and rapid
spread of non-communicable diseases, by
Resham Bahadur Khatri (rep 10/07/2017)
Shortage
of
anti-rabies vaccine hits govt hospitals (ht
08/07/2017)
Kanti
hospital
removes 7-kg tumour from child’s stomach (ht
06/07/2017)
Ministry
of
Health pilots mHealth, eHealth services (kp
04/07/2017)
Second
liver
transplant eludes HOTC (ht 01/07/2017)
One
and only ambulance of Jumla village out of
order: People using bamboo baskets to carry
patients, by DB Buda (rep 28/06/2017)
Blood
screening
vital before transfusion (ht 27/06/2017)
Patients
deprived
of free test for lack of diagnostic kits (kp
23/06/2017)
Brain-reading
system
for patients developed (ht 21/06/2017)
Blood
crunch
due to lack of awareness (ht 16/06/2017), Blood
components being 'smuggled' to India, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 16/06/2017)
Indian
price
cap on stents may boost medical tourism in Nepal
(ht 16/06/2017)
Breast
cancer
survivors feel neglected due to lack of
emotional care from kin (ht 15/06/2017)
Prioritising
health
care: Why not start a national health investment
plan from Kalikot where Mansara comes from?,
by Simone Galimberti (kp 11/06/2017)
Nepal's
sole bone marrow transplant doctor, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 07/06/2017)
24-hr
ambulance
service in Chitwan, Pokhara (kp 04/06/2017)
NEP
gets
Rs 100m government support (ht 02/06/2017)
Where
there’s
smoke: There are plenty of laws in Nepal to
control tobacco use, but their implementation is
lacking, by Kishor Adhikari (kp 31/05/2017),
Govt
vows
to enforce rule of large pictorial warnings on
packages (kp 01/06/2017)
Rural
village
in Bajura without health service, by Prakash
Singh (ht 01/06/2017)
44
patients
receiving treatment for food poisoning in Teku
hospital (ht 27/05/2017)
Brain
dead
person's kidneys successfully transplanted in
Nepal: HOTC (ht 15/05/2017), Transplant
milestone:
With transplantation using kidneys from brain
dead persons more people would get a new lease
of life, and this would also help reduce the
illegal trade in kidneys (ht 16/05/2017), Brain-dead
patient
gives new life to two people: Such
transplantation has given hopes to thousands of
individuals on the waiting lists, by Manish
Gautam (kp 18/05/2017), Organ
donation
can save lives, says Minister Thapa (ht
18/05/2017)
Govt
to set up intraocular lens manufacturing
facility (rep 12/05/2017)
Govt
enforces
cancer protocol (ht 11/05/2017)
Plain
packaging
on the cards for tobacco products: Manufacturers
will be required to print only brand name in
addition to health warnings (kp 09/05/2017)
Organ
traffickers
‘run health camps’ to lure people (kp
21/04/2017)
Govt
plans
to increase succour for cancer care (kp
18/04/2017)
Free
renal
transplant service starts with two successful
ops: Health Minister Thapa says the govt will
widen the coverage of the programme to help more
needy people (kp 17/04/2017)
Doc
aims
to reach more rural patients (ht 15/04/2017)
Gagancare:
Sick
infants will now get free treatment, and the
government will pay for patients needing
dialysis and kidney transplants, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 07/04/2017), Policies
for
the people, interview with Health Minister
Gagan Thapa (ht 07/04/2017)
Valley
denizens
advised to wear dust mask (ht 05/04/2017)
Govt
planning
to take EMS nationwide (kp 04/04/2017)
‘State
not
able to give autism due priority’ (ht
01/04/2017), They
need
care: As many children in Nepal have autism,
they should be detected quickly and the health
workers should be taught to recognize the
condition (ht 03/04/2017)
Disaster
preparedness:
Govt gives a leg up to Valley’s health
facilities (kp 31/03/2017)
Free
TB
treatment in 4,344 health centres (ht
23/03/2017)
Free
mobile
health camp in Rautahat (ht 22/03/2017)
‘Oral
Health
not govt’s priority’ (ht 21/03/2017)
Misplaced
distrust
among health workers hits anti-filariasis
campaign (ht 20/03/2017), Educated
reluctant
to take elephantiasis medication, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 21/03/2017)
Lalitpur
DPHO
to run anti-filariasis campaign (ht
15/03/2017)
World
kidney
day: Govt preparing to offer free
transplantation (kp 10/03/2017), Kidney
diseases:
Risks posed by obesity, by Pukar Chandra
Shrestha (ht 10/03/2017), Ratio
of kidney docs to patients dismal; Ten percent
of population suffers from kidney problems:
Study, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
10/03/2017)
Anti-rabies
vaccine
crunch (ht 10/03/2017)
Govt
set
to introduce ambulance operation guidelines
(kp 09/03/2017)
Polio
immunization drive to get back on track this
weekend (rep 04/03/2017), Health
staff
obstruct polio vaccination in many districts,
by Manish Gautam (kp 05/03/2017), 18
officials
booked for disrupting polio drive (kp
06/03/2017), Govt
starts
door-to-door drive (kp 07/03/2017), Polio
immunizations resume after suspension of 18
staff: MoH keeps eye on 50 agitating staffers
for possible suspension (rep 07/03/2017), Polio
vaccination
drive over (kp 11/03/2017)
Some
tobacco
industries flouting statutory health warning
guideline (ht 28/02/2017)
Govt
to
bear cost of uterine, breast cancer treatment:
The Ministry of Women, Children and Social
Welfare says it will soon sign memorandums
of understanding regarding free treatment with
government hospitals (kp 28/02/2017)
Rabies
patients
untreated as crisis worsens (ht 27/02/2017)
Health
Care Reforms Under Gagan Thapa, by Rajendra
Thapa (25/02/2017)
Free
treatment
of breast and uterine cancer on cards: Minister
Khadka: The WHO data suggests every year 4,000
new patients of breast and uterine
cancer appear in Nepal (kp 24/02/2017)
Cheap
cloth masks unreliable against Valley pollution:
Study, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
23/02/2017)
Child
health
care system improving (ht 22/02/2017)
Plans
afoot
to regulate ambulance service (kp
19/02/2017)
Vaccination,
iron tablets not available in rural Bajhang,
by Jagat Khadka (rep 17/02/2017)
Stakeholders
call
for prioritising immunisation Fund (kp
15/02/2017)
Stretchers
expected
to save lives in remote villages: The government
has recently provided stretchers to the female
health workers in constituency 1 and in Surkhet.
With a stretcher in every hand, the health
workers feel empowered to save lives, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 15/02/2017)
Arthritic
treatment
in Dipayal (ht 14/02/2017)
Health
workers’
protest may hit anti-polio drive (kp
13/02/2017)
3D-printed
prosthetic
dreams: Adapting a new technology for use here
in Nepal was never going to be quick and easy.
But it’s a great sign of how far things have
come that it is now possible, by Evangeline
Neve (kp 11/02/2017)
Transplanting
love:
On 14 February, celebrate the ultimate love of a
man who gave his kidney to his wife, by
Shreejana Shrestha (nt 10/02/2017)
Turning
a
blind eye to deafness: Many instances of
deafness could be prevented if the government
took the problem seriously, by Dhundi Raj
Poudel (kp 08/02/2017)
Drive
against
elephantiasis in 30 districts from March 4:
10.5m people above two years of age to get
anti-filarial drugs (kp 07/02/2017)
World
cancer
day: Most patients seek care when disease is at
advanced stage, by Mansih Gautam (kp
05/02/2017)
‘Increase
awareness
of the risks of bad oral hygiene in rural areas’
(ht 05/02/2017)
Public-private
partnership:
New model for healthcare, by SP Kalaunee,
Kiran Regmee and Ryan Schwarz (ht 01/02/2017)
Free
healthcare
saving lives, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
31/01/2017)
A
little awareness can go a long way in preventing
deaths from thalassemia. by Anita Shrestha
(ht 30/01/2017)
Valve
replacement
surgery made free (ht 30/01/2017)
Review
priorities:
The government needs to refashion its approach
to healthcare including the need of improving
administration of health services in public
hospitals (ht 26/01/2017)
Donor
driven
healthcare ignoring most patients: MoH panel;
'Rights of people to get basic health care
services ignored', by Arjun Poudel (ht
25/01/2017)
SCD
test
available in Dhangadi (ht 23/01/2017)
Govt
sets
limit for chemicals in toys (ht 21/01/2017)
Permit
must
for tobacco item sale from March 14, by
Manish Gautam (kp 20/01/2017), Licence
must
for tobacco business from mid-March: Tobacco
outlets have to be at least 100 m away from
educational institutions, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 21/01/2017)
Locals
of Jumla elated with the introduction of
ambulance service, by DB Buda (rep
16/01/2017)
Eye
health
and misconceptions: Change is possible but slow,
by Rabindra Adhikary (ht 10/01/2017)
Govt
hospitals
asked to provide free Pap tests: Women from 35
to 60 years of age advised to take the
test at least once a year (kp
08/01/2017)
Lamjung
to
be fully vaccinated (ht 04/01/2017)
Shame
delaying
diagnosis of cancer among women (ht
29/12/2016)
Healthcare
to
the poor: Govt planning a hike in financial
assistance (kp 26/12/2016)
13
pc
children not immunised despite free vaccination
(ht 24/12/2016)
Youths
organise
free health camp for malnourished Raku locals
(ht 18/12/2016)
Healthcare
service
for needy starts: Krishna Bisunkhe and Durga
Bahadur Pariyar first ones to benefit from free
hospital service for disadvantaged (kp
17/12/2016)
13pc
children
deprived of essential vaccinations (ht
17/12/2016)
Good
initiative:
The government’s monitoring mechanism will have
to ensure that all the targeted people have got
such medical services in a dignified manner (ht
14/12/2016)
First
successful
liver transplantin the country, by Manish
Gautam (kp 09/12/2016), HOTC
conducts
first open heart surgery (ht 09/12/2016), Promising
start:
Nepali doctors have pushed the frontiers of
medical treatment in the country (kp
14/12/2016
Counter-attack
of
the microbes: Nepal has issues of overuse of
antibiotics in both humans and animals,
uncontrolled prescription, or hospital-based
infections, by Sameer M Dixit, Buddha
Basnyat (nt 09/12/2016)
MoH
to
start liver transplantation (ht 03/12/2016)
Shortage
of
BCG syringes in Farwest, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 30/11/2016)
Report
raises
doubts over effectiveness of measles vaccine,
by Manish Gautam (kp 29/11/2016)
Commoners
feel the brunt of clearing hospital bills
(rep 19/11/2016) [Most
of them not even have the caste affiliation that
is necessary to become a leading politicians
and, thus, get treatment paid be the
state!!]
Death
breath
Govt should adopt measures to fight the most
common non-communicable disease in the country,
by Arpana Neopane (kp 16/11/2016)
World
Diabetes
Day: Eyes in focus, by Eli Pradhan (ht
14/11/2016)
Jumla
locals question promise of free, quality health
services, by DB Buda (rep 09/11/2016)
Free
dialysis
service frequency up (kp 08/11/2016)
Hundreds
visit
free dental camp in Bouddha (ht 08/11/2016)
Bone
marrow
transplant in Nepal ‘cheapest’ in Asia (ht
08/11/2016)
Cancer
patients
share stories of struggle, triumph (ht
06/11/2016)
Patient
leaps
to his death ‘unable to pay for medical’ (kp
04/11/2016)
NRCS
runs
blood donation drive (kp 31/10/2016)
Beyond
Blindness:
Where does rural Nepal stand in adequate
sustainable eye care and rehabilitation
infrastructures?, by Araniko Pandey (kp
29/10/2016)
Cancer
treatment:
Lack of infrastructure hits patient (kp
23/10/2016)
Blood
crunch
hits patients hard forcing hospitals to postpone
surgeries, by Arjun Poudel (ht 17/10/2016),
Blood
crunch:
The concerned agencies should have taken
precautionary measures before blood supply
became an acute problem (ht 18/10/2016)
Law
allowing
organ donation after brain death yet to be
implemented (ht 16/10/2016)
Heart
health
promotion: From community level, by Abhinav
Vaidya (ht 07/10/2016)
Minister
vows
to enforce 90 per cent PHW on tobacco packs
(ht 05/10/2016)
Nepal
likely
to face shortage of injectable polio vaccine,
by Manish Gautam (kp 03/10/2016)
50
per
cent laboratory reports not reliable: NPHL;
'Privata labs, polyclinis make more errors than
govt labs', by Arjun Poudel (ht 01/10/2016)
Quake-hit
Sindhu
people struggle for health care, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 21/09/2016)
Govt
conducts
prevalence study: The Nepal Health Research
Council has hired 45 health professionals to carry
out the survey on the prevalence of
non-communicable diseases in 72 districts across
the country, by Manish Gautam (kp 19/09/2016)
Protection
against
air pollution: Cloth masks are not very effective,
study reveals, by Garima Chaulagain (kp
31/08/2016)
Patients
unhappy
with government’s free dialysis service (ht
21/08/2016)
Poor
people’s
problem: An antivenom shortage has led to
preventable deaths from snakebites in rural Nepal,
by Deb P. Pandey (kp 24/07/2016)
Cancer
treatment
in western Nepal (ht 14/07/2016)
Basic
health
care (ht 14/07/2016)
Health
office
launches drive against malaria (ht 09/07/2016)
Erratic
power
supply affects vaccination: Vaccines worth Rs 2
million damaged, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
26/06/2016)
Aarogya
Foundation
gets three new dialysis machines (ht
19/06/2016)
Nepal
gets
its first PET-CT scanner (ht 08/06/2016)
Weight-loss
surgery
offers hope to morbidly obese: Doctors at
Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, have
completed procedure at a comparative cheaper
cost between Rs150,000 and Rs200,000, by
Manish Gautam (kp 03/06/2016)
Man
goes
blind in one eye after ‘botched cataract
surgery’ (kp 23/05/2016)
Awareness
programme
launched against diseases (ht 20/05/2016)
Nepal
moves
closer to polio endgame (ht 19/05/2016)
Japanese
encaphalitis:
Vaccination drive launched in Doti (ht
11/05/2016)
Blood
crunch
hits patients in Bajura, by Arjun Shah (kp
10/05/2016)
Fight
against
cancer: Health Ministry set to build two care
centres, by Manish Gautam (kp 06/05/2016)
Vaccination
campaign
fails to meet target in urban areas (ht
01/05/2016)
More
than
4 lakh kids to be vaccinated against JEV in
far-west region (ht 28/04/2016)
WHO
launches
global strategy to end leprosy (ht
21/04/2016)
Nepal
joins
150 countries in bid to wipe out polio: Nepal
has seen no new cases since 2010 n Porous border
with India retains the risk, by Manish
Gautam (kp 18/04/2016), Nepal
joins
campaign to eradicate polio (ht 18/04/2016)
Flesh
and
bones: Slaughterhouse regulation strict hygiene
inspections are critical to public health
(kp 12/04/2016)
Paying
for
free health treatment, by Mithilesh Yadav
(rep 07/04/2016)
Norvic
conducts
first prostate surgery using laser technology
(kp 24/03/2016)
15
percent
children still deprived of essential vaccination
(rep 23/03/2016)
Free
eye
camp benefits locals, by Daman Rai (rep
17/03/2016)
Anti-filariasis
drive
launched in Saptari (ht 12/03/2016)
Transplant
Act
2016: Expectations from it, by Pukar Chandra
Shrestha (ht 10/03/2016)
13
million
to be administered elephantiasis drug (rep
08/03/2016)
Health
campaigns
shouldered by disgruntled FHVs, by Suman
Malla (rep 05/03/2016)
Girls
to
be vaccinated against HPV (ht 27/02/2016)
Police
to
fine Rs 100 for public smoking (ht
27/02/2016), 1,000
nabbed
in 3 days for smoking in public, by Anup
Ojha (kp 28/02/2016)
1.6
million
children to be immunized (rep 20/02/2016)
3-day
elephantiasis
eradication campaign in March, by Bira Gadal
(rep 19/02/2016)
Vaccinations
in
district stalled after toddler death: Over 1,000
children barred from vaccines, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 11/02/2016)
Ambulance
runs
out of fuel, baby boy dies (kp 09/02/2016)
Vaccination
drive
against measles, rubella to be launched (ht
05/02/2016), Vaccination
campaign
against measles, rubella kicks off (ht
08/02/2016)
11,000
regain
sight after corneal transplant (ht
27/01/2016)
‘Govt
should
meet kidney patients’ demands’ (ht
25/01/2016)
Free
health
camp brings respite to ailing elderly, by
Kisan Sangeet Nepali (rep 25/01/2016)
Health
budget
slashed but risk of post-earthquake epidemics
lingers, by Arjun Poudel (rep 14/01/2016)
Fewer
amputation
surgeries than anticipated after quake: Health
experts attribute it to advancement in medical
technology, skills, by Manish Gautam (kp
13/01/2016)
Five
polio-free
years, efforts must continue: WHO (ht
13/01/2016)
Rautes
deprived
of medical care, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
10/01/2016)
Govt
instructed
to produce anti-venom (kp 08/01/2016)
Parents
‘against’
vaccinating children, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(kp 06/01/2016)
Immunisation
Bill
endorsed: Pvt sector can now run programmes with
govt approval (kp 05/01/2016)
Govt
to
conduct health camps in quake-hit districts
(kp 30/12/2015)
Dearth
of
drugs, vaccines affects health services, by
Rajendra Manandhar and Shankar Acharya (kp
24/12/2015)
Shortage
of
medicine affects health services, by Basanta
Singh (kp 10/12/2015)
Children
deprived
of vaccination (kp 28/11/2014)
Dialysis
service
starts in Damauli (ht 19/11/2015)
Govt
to
identify children with SAM: Starts administering
Vitamin A, deworming tablets to children, by
Kokila KC (ht 03/11/2015)
5-day
free
dental camp begins in Bouddha (ht 02/11/2015),
Over
1,500
benefit from free dental camp (ht 08/11/2015)
Right
to
sight (ht 09/10/2015)
Villagers
demand
immediate health services, by Narhari Sapkota
(rep 05/10/2015)
Let
there
be sight, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 03/10/2015)
A
healthy free for all: The constitution’s lofty aim
of upgrading health care can be achieved with a
proven public-private partnership model, by
Bikash Gauchan (nt 02/10/2015)
Sickle
cell
anaemia: Dearth of drug hits patients; The
shortage of medicine is caused by the protracted
protests in various Tarai districts, by Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp 16/09/2015)
Shortage
of
doctors hits services, by Guru Prasad Bhandari
(kp 14/09/2015)
WHO
calls
for affordable, quality health services to all
(ht 12/09/2015)
Seeing
is
believing: As the number of donors grows, Nepal
becomes self-sufficient in corneal transplants,
by Sahina Shrestha (nt 11/09/2015), Helping
the
poor to see: Two doctors and their amazing quest
to restore sight and save lives, by Kunda
Dixit (nt 11/09/2015), New
vision
for Nepal: For a man who has achieved so much
Sanduk Ruit is down-to-earth and humble about his
accomplishments, by Stéphane Huët (nt
11/09/2015)
Changing
priorities:
It is high time that both infectious and chronic
diseases were integrated into Nepal’s primary
health care system, by Geha Nath Khanal (kp
09/09/2015)
Computer-based
ARF
diagnosis system developed (ht 23/08/2015)
Bhojpuris
hiring
choppers to ferry sick (ht 15/08/2015)
Elderly
woman
deprived of free treatment (ht 11/08/2015)
Successful
tumor
surgery sparks hope for better health care
services, by DB Buda (rep 01/08/2015)
Caring
in
Kavre: Earthquake-related injuries have been
replaced by pre-existing ailments, by
Peregrine Frissell (nt 24/07/2015)
11
snake
bite cases in a day (ht 23/07/2015)
Earthquake
injured
deprived of treatment, by Sudip Kaini (kp
12/07/2015)
Adolescents
not
getting friendly health services, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 11/07/2015)
13-year-old
mom
seeks help for tumor treatment (rep
11/07/2015)
Ambitious
plan
to improve health care services (rep
09/07/2015)
WHO
calls
for tax increase to curb tobacco epidemic (ht
08/07/2015)
CBTS
facing
acute shortage of blood (ht 30/06/2015)
WHO:
Prioritise
health service (kp 26/06/2015), Absence
of
regular health services puts tremor survivors at
risk: WHO (ht 26/06/2015)
Bleak
prospects
for injured quake survivors (ht 24/06/2015)
Post
quake
recovery: Full fledged health services by
‘mid-July’, by Manish Gautam (kp 16/05/2015)
Blood
crunch hits Chitwan (ht 15/06/2015)
Fanning
out
first responders far and wide, by Manish
Gautam (kp 13/06/2015)
All
in
this together, by Arpana Neopane (kp
13/06/2015)
Call
for
banning sale of tobacco products (ht
09/06/2015)
Polio
campaign
in Tarai, by Janak Nepal (kp 07/06/2015)
Getting
on
after a spinal injury, by Manish Gautam (kp
06/06/2015)
MCKs
to
be set up to ensure health services: WHO to rush
Medical Camp Kits to 14 districts most affected by
temblor (ht 02/06/2015)
Artificial
extensions:
For the thousands who have lost their limbs to the
quakes, prosthetic replacements will help them
find their footing again, by Manish Gautam (kp
30/05/2015)
Step-down
centres
for those injured in earthquake (ht
29/05/2015)
Govt
to
provide health services from tents during monsoon,
by Manish Gautam (kp 28/05/2015), Nepali,
Indian
docs to conduct mobile health camps (ht
28/05/2015)
Rs
5b
sought for healthcare sector (kp 27/05/2015)
CBTS
temporarily
shifted to Nepal Police Club (ht 15/05/2015)
Ensure
chopper-based
mobile health service, says UCPN-Maoist (ht
22/04/2015)
Blood
bank
launched (ht 21/04/2015), Blood
bank
struggling to meet demand (ht 23/04/2015)
‘Vitamin
A
to kids’ campaign begins (ht 20/04/2015)
Govt
policy
to blame for rise in snake bite deaths, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 08/04/2015)
Slow
road
to recovery: Entrenched interests will attempt to
maintain the status quo, but healthcare reform is
necessary, by Munish Sharma (kp 01/04/2015)
Campaign
against
blindness: Limitations and challenges, by
Tirtha Prasad Mishra (kp 30/03/2015)
Training
for
doctors to save heart patients: Experts seek
cardiac treatment at affordable cost in the
country (ht 29/03/2015)
NMA
asks
docs to attend to patients within 72 hrs, by
Arjun Poudel (rep 27/03/2015)
Call
to
phase out mercury in health care (ht
23/03/2015)
10,000
patients
deprived of TB treatment: NTC (ht 23/03/2015),
Reaching
the
unreachable: With the private and public sector
running parallel, Nepal has the opportunity to
extend coverage for tuberculosis by engaging all
care providers, by Sarah Korver (kp
24/03/2015)
Nepal
honoured
with Bloomberg award for anti-tobacco law (ht
20/03/2015)
Health
service
via mobile in Baglung: Programme aims to reduce
mortality rates among mothers and babies, by
Prakash Baral (kp 18/03/2015)
First
cancer
camp in Dadeldhura (ht 18/03/2015)
Kathmandu
elites
refuse to take elephantiasis drug, by Arjun
Poudel (rep 18/03/2015)
Fund
crunch
hits free treatment (ht 12/03/2015)
Warning
messages
on tobacco products; Directives will come into
force on May 16: Minister Adhikari;
Packets,wrappers need to have 90 per cent space
with details about possible health hazards (ht
10/03/2015)
Public
awareness
of diabetic retinopathy minimum (kp
06/03/2015)
Anti-filariasis
campaign
to begin soon (kp 04/03/2015), Second
phase
of anti-filariasis campaign begins (ht
15/03/2015)
Experts
lay
stress on multi-sector approach to eliminate NTDs
(ht 27/02/2015)
Detecting
heart
murmurs: Echocardiogram machines are even
available in remote corners of Nepal, by
Buddha Basnyat (nt 27/02/2015)
Support
For Medical Treatment Abroad, by Himosh Sharma
(rn 20/02/2015)
A
most difficult disease: Cancer patients in Nepal
suffer from both undertreatment and over-treatment
of the disease, by Manish Gautam (kp
21/02/2015)
Vitamin
A
stock running out (ht 16/02/2015)
Supporting
infirms, by Chahana Sigdel (kp 03/02/2015), Number
of
cancer cases increasing, by Manish Gautam (kp
03/02/2015), Many
patients
die as result of late diagnosis, interview
with Prakash Neupane (kp 03/02/2015), Cases
soar
but docs in short supply: Statistics show there is
only one oncologist in Nepal for 450 cancer
patients, by Manish Gautam (kp 04/02/2015), Number
of
cancer patients on rise (ht)
Elderly
in
Devghat deprived of proper healthcare facilities,
by Chandni Hamal (rep 02/02/2015)
Calling
the
shots: People deserve to know what is blocking the
Hepatitis E vaccine in Nepal, by Sophia Tamot
(kp 27/01/2015)
Anti-pneumonia
vaccine
launched in Pokhara, by Shiva Sharma (kp
19/01/2015), New
vaccine
to fight pneumonia among children (ht
19/01/2015)
Govt
to
start social health protection plan: The
government has decided to launch the programme in
three districts as a pilot project (kp
16/01/2015)
Call
to
stop mercury use in dentistry (kp 14/01/2015)
Delivery
of
BCG vaccine delayed by five more daysShould have
arrived in Nepal on Friday, as per a commitment
made by the government earlier (ht
11/01/2015), BCG,
MR
vaccines arrive after 3 mnths (kp 16/01/2015),
MR,
BCG
vaccines arrive, finally: Immunisation programme
to resume next week (ht 16/01/2015), Govt
yet
to send MR, BCG vaccines to districts (ht
24/01/2015) [?????],
Govt
sends
MR, BCG vaccines to districts (ht 28/01/2015)
Patients
throng
free health camp, by Tularam Pandey (kp
09/01/2015)
Donated
ambulances
lack funds for repair, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp
04/01/2015) |