Kathmandu, May 13 -- On Tuesday, as the world paid grateful tribute to nurses, thousands of medical personnel from Nepal were on duty across the world caring for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although there have been no recorded fatalities in Nepal, across the world 78 Nepalis had died from the coronavirus as of 11 May. Most of them were in the UK (50) and the United States (15). There are reports some among the 5,472 testing positive are nurses and care-givers in those countries.
"It has been very difficult for me to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on COVID patients, knowing their survival rate is low," says Jenny Lamichhane, a New York based Nepali doctor. "I stay with them in their rooms, praying for them. People shou...