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Patients denied treatment as doctors across Nepal shut outpatient care over assaults on medics

Kathmandu, July 29 -- Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis were deprived of medical care on Tuesday as doctors across the country boycotted services except emergency care to protest against rising inciden... Read More


Gangalal Hospital raises free treatment cover from Rs250,000 to Rs600,000 per child

Kathmandu, July 26 -- year-old Sunita Kumari from Bara district was admitted to the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in Kathmandu for the fourth time to undergo heart valve replacement and repair... Read More


TU Teaching Hospital, Manmohan Hospital resume health insurance scheme

Kathmandu, July 24 -- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre have resumed services under the government health insurance scheme, which had be... Read More


Cervical cancer screening in Kathmandu finds 90 women positive for HPV

Kathmandu, July 20 -- Ninety women who underwent random cervical cancer screening carried out by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City have tested positive for human papillomavirus (HPV). According to offi... Read More


Central Zoo to reopen on Friday as environmental samples test negative for bird flu

Kathmandu, July 16 -- With environmental samples of wild birds collected from the zoo premises testing negative for avian influenza, also known as the bird flu virus, the Central Zoo is all set to reo... Read More


Government's two-day weekend cuts off telemedicine for migrant workers

Kathmandu, July 15 -- Last month, on a Sunday, a 29-year-old woman from Abu Dhabi, UAE, called the hotline for the telemedicine service run by the Bir Hospital. The woman, who hails from Kailali dist... Read More


Monsoon brings this year's first JE death, three infections

Kathmandu, July 14 -- At least one person has died, and three others have been infected with Japanese encephalitis (JE) since the start of the monsoon some three weeks ago. As monsoon rainfall has in... Read More


Latest tests find faecal contamination in Kathmandu drinking water

Kathmandu, July 12 -- Monsoon rains and flooding have contaminated drinking water sources across much of the country, including the Kathmandu Valley. Tests carried out ten days ago by the Public Heal... Read More


Fresh bird flu detection in dead crows keeps Central Zoo shut

Kathmandu, July 9 -- Avian influenza A (H5N1), also known as bird flu virus, has again been confirmed in dead crows found inside the Central Zoo, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur. This has made the reopening of t... Read More


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