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) |