Kathmandu, April 22 -- Eleven snakebite patients visited the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital for treatment between March 15 and April 13. Doctors attending the patients said that mos... Read More
Kathmandu, April 21 -- The government's health insurance scheme, the national priority programme aimed at ensuring universal health coverage, has almost collapsed, as most state-run health facilities ... Read More
Kathmandu, April 19 -- One in five people above 30 from across the country are found to be suffering from high blood pressure, and nearly the same number suffer from obesity, a new report of a nationw... Read More
Kathmandu, April 15 -- The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has alerted 15 local levels across the country, including the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, about the risk of a massive dengue surge... Read More
Kathmandu, April 15 -- Air quality in most parts of the country, including the Kathmandu Valley, which had been at its worst until a month ago, had improved with the intensification of premonsoon acti... Read More
Kathmandu, April 13 -- The Ministry of Health and Population again turned to UNICEF for help after failing to procure vitamin A supplements in time for a nationwide drive slated for April 19 and 20. U... Read More
Kathmandu, April 13 -- The vaccination status of most infected people, including children in the recent measles outbreaks in Sarlahi and several local units of Baglung, was unknown. Health workers dep... Read More
Kathmandu, April 10 -- Amid mounting pressure from drug manufacturers to raise medicine prices, the government has recalled the director general of the Department of Drug Administration, Narayan Prasa... Read More
Kathmandu, April 9 -- Doctors at Bir Hospital placed a urinary catheter on Nura Prasad Neupane in January and told him that he needed to undergo prostate surgery to address urinary leakage. However, d... Read More
Kathmandu, April 3 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has resumed random emission testing of vehicles since Wednesday, and early results show that around 75 percent of diesel-fuelled vehicles-bu... Read More