Zoo reopening uncertain as laboratory report yet to come

Kathmandu, July 7 -- At least 71 different poultry farms in the Valley-24 in Kathmandu, 35 in Bhaktapur and 12 in Lalitpur-reported an outbreak of avian influenza virus A (H5N1), also called bird flu,... Read More

Old fair price pharmacies get new 'affordable pharmacy' signboards

Kathmandu, July 7 -- based Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital has been running a fair-price pharmacy for years, through which the hospital administration has been selling medicines at discounted... Read More

Maternal mental health screening at Thapathali hospital remains stalled for six months

Kathmandu, July 5 -- A few months ago, a 26-year-old new mother was taken to the Thapathali-based Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital after she stopped breastfeeding her newborn and caring for he... Read More

Nepal's cities lag rural areas in vaccinating children

Kathmandu, July 2 -- In April this year, immunisation workers deployed from the Public Health Office, Dolpa travelled four days to reach Chharka Bhot, one of the highest permanent human settlements in... Read More

Labour shortage slows culling at bird flu-hit Valley farms

Kathmandu, June 30 -- As many as three separate teams of veterinary technicians were deployed to Panauti Municipality of Kavrepalanchowk district on Tuesday to cull chickens at bird flu-hit poultry fa... Read More

Hospitals in the hills and mountains seek anti-venom

Kathmandu, June 29 -- The spread of venomous snakes into Nepal's hills and mountains has prompted hospitals to prepare for a medical emergency once largely confined to the southern plains. Sotang Pri... Read More

Kathmandu Metropolis provides 1,800 vials of anti-rabies vaccine to Sukraraj Hospital

Kathmandu, June 28 -- The Health Department of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has provided 1,800 vials of anti-rabies vaccine to the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital after the ... Read More

DDA seizes suspected counterfeit asthma medicine in nationwide crackdown

Kathmandu, June 26 -- In a major crackdown on illicit and counterfeit drugs being sold in Nepal under the name of a leading Indian pharmaceutical company, the Department of Drug Administration has sei... Read More

Three in four maternal deaths in Nepal occur in health facilities or in transit

Kathmandu, June 24 -- year-old woman carrying twins delivered her first child through normal delivery at the Karnali Provincial Hospital in Surkhet on Tuesday night. Moments later, her condition deter... Read More

Kathmandu Valley battles bird flu outbreaks

Kathmandu, June 22 -- The Department of Livestock Services on Monday deployed four separate rapid response teams of veterinary technicians to cull chickens and ducks, in firms hit by avian influenza v... Read More

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