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Monsoon threatens dengue surge as disease is already widespread across Nepal

Kathmandu, June 15 -- The monsoon has yet to set in, but Nepal has already recorded over 900 dengue infections this year. The mosquito-borne disease has been reported in 68 of the country's 77 distric... Read More


Met Office predicts monsoon arrival in Nepal within a few days

Kathmandu, June 12 -- Among the 235 families in Lidi village in Ward-2 of Jugal Rural Municipality, which was struck by a landslide in August 2020, only 32 have received the third tranche of reconstru... Read More


Nepal suspends three Chinese doctors linked to illegal Baluwatar hospital

Kathmandu, June 11 -- Three Chinese doctors face possible deportation from Nepal after the Nepal Medical Council (NMC) suspended their temporary registrations over their involvement in an illegally op... Read More


Rabies vaccine crisis hits districts. Sukraraj Hospital also critically low on doses

Kathmandu, June 10 -- Gayatri Pandey, a resident of Nala in Kavrepalanchok district travelled to Kathmandu on Wednesday for a rabies shot after health facilities in her district ran out of vaccine dos... Read More


People from 11 high JE-burden districts to be vaccinated

Kathmandu, June 9 -- All people residing in 11 districts highly affected by the spread of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus will be vaccinated in the upcoming fiscal year. Though immunisation expe... Read More


Chaos at Bir Hospital after office-bearers removed

Kathmandu, June 8 -- Some two weeks ago, a man in his late 30s was brought to Bir Hospital's emergency department, after complaining of severe chest pain. Doctors in the ward examined the patient and ... Read More


Insurance cuts at government hospitals compel patients to pay for private care

Kathmandu, June 6 -- Last week, Sanu Maiya Dhakal, a resident of Sundarijal, Kathmandu, went to Jorpati-based Nepal Medical College after developing severe back pain. She chose it because it is the r... Read More


Acute shortage of platinum-based drugs disrupts chemotherapy treatment across Nepal

Kathmandu, June 3 -- Doctors at Patan Hospital instructed the family of Mithu Kumari Sapkota, a lung cancer patient, to bring both the patient and carboplatin, a chemotherapy drug, on Tuesday. As the... Read More


Experts blame Nepal measles spread on immunisation gap

Kathmandu, June 1 -- Jajarkot and Surkhet in Karnali Province have reported an outbreak of Measles. With the two additional districts reporting the spread of the deadly viral disease, the number of di... Read More


Monsoon returns, and so do drinking water safety fears

Kathmandu, May 28 -- Testing of drinking water samples collected about a month ago from various places of Kathmandu district by the Public Health Office found hazardous microbes in over one-fourth of ... Read More