Kathmandu, Dec. 24 -- The Nepal Cleft and Burn Centre also known as Kirtipur Hospital on Wednesday decided to expand an additional eight beds in its burn unit, as all 35 beds of the unit have been occupied by patients with severe burn injuries.

Along with general beds, all 11 beds of the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital have been occupied by critically ill burn patients.

"Burn victims keep coming every hour, " said Dr Shankar Man Rai, senior consultant at the hospital. "We cannot expand intensive care unit beds easily, like we are expanding general beds numbers."

With the start of winter season, hospitals treating burn victims in the Kathmandu Valley witness an alarming surge in burn cases. Ongoing cold wave conditions in many...