Kathmandu, Dec. 30 -- The Kathmandu Institute of Child Health (KIOCH), an ambitious project of eminent Nepali cardiologist Dr Bhagawan Koirala, has started outpatient services from Sunday.

The hospital administration said that it has also been working to start inpatient services within the next two weeks.

"A dream to provide specialised paediatric care has come true," Koirala told the Post. "We have started outpatient services with consultant paediatricians, and are also working to start other services at the earliest."

Dr Koirala, a cardiac surgeon renowned for pioneering open heart surgery in Nepal, played a key role in setting up the Gangalal National Heart Centre and in establishing the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transpla...