Rajbiraj, March 13 -- The High Dependency Unit (HDU) at Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital in Rajbiraj, the district headquarters of Saptari, has been shut down due to a shortage of medical officers and nursing staff. Acting Medical Superintendent Dr Dilip Kumar Sah confirmed that the lack of healthcare workers has forced the closure of the unit, which was initially introduced during the Covid pandemic.

"We don't have enough medical staff to run the HDU. The available doctors have left for MD studies, making it impossible to continue services," said Sah. Patients who relied on the HDU are now facing difficulties due to its sudden closure.

The hospital has long been struggling with a shortage of medical personnel, as many doctors assigned t...