Nirmala Kurmi death case: Implementation of probe report demanded

Rights activists have begun a sit-in protest again demanding the implementation of the report submitted by a probe committee under the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Home Ministry on the disappearance of Nirmala Kurmi of Paraspur in Nepalgunj-17, Banke. The activists in Banke have started the sit-in in front of the District Administration Office, Banke, demanding full implementation of the report of the committee formed by the government to investigate into the incident.

Pfizer vaccine administered to immune-compromised people above 12-yrs of age

The government has started administering Pfizer, a vaccine against COVID-19, to immune-compromised people above 12 years of age across the country from today. The Pfizer vaccine provided by the United States of America is considered more beneficial for chronically ill people and people suffering from different ailments. According to the Family Welfare Division of the Department of Health, it is planning to inoculate around 50,000 people suffering fr

COVID-19 update: 291 new infections, 348 recoveries, six fatalities in 24 hours

In 8,008 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 291 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

US Assistant Secretary Lu visiting Nepal

Assistant Secretary of State of the United States of America for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is visiting Nepal on November 17. He will hold meetings with Prime Minister She Bahadur Deuba and government leaders, Department of State said in a statement on Saturday.

Govt gears up to build teachers’ hospital

The government has formed a committee to find a suitable place for teachers' hospital as the government plans to establish the hospital for teachers this year. The government has decided to establish a hospital for teachers from the replacement bill brought by the present government. As per the decision, the government has formed a five- member committee under the coordination of Dr. Bimal Chalise.

Locals await blacktopping of Mude-Baghkhor road

It has been 23 years since the construction of Mude-Deurali-Baghkhor road section in Sailung Rural Municipality started. The locals, however, have not been able to take proper benefit from the project yet.

Pfizer vaccine being given from today

The government is administering Pfizer, a vaccine against COVID-19, from Sunday. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has listed 24 hospitals of all seven provinces to provide the vaccines to the immune-compromised people aged above 12 years. Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the MoHP, said that the patients must take their disease diagnosis proof provided by their physicians to receive the vaccine. The first dose of the vaccine will be provided from November 14-20. The second...

First federal census to assemble data for ward-level development

The 6,742 wards in 753 local units across the country are in dire need of statistics about the people in their respective territories in order to formulate plans and programmes for development works, health and education and social welfare activities. Likewise, the federal government wants an update on the demographic structure in the local units and provinces for the central level planning and budget allocation. Since Nepal has been witnessing a massive migration from hills and mountains to the...

Punish The Guilty

A recent investigation has unearthed that several high-ranking officials at one of the nation's prime health institutions were involved in irregularities, abuse of authorities and embezzlement, which make them worthy of due punishment. Owing to disregard for rules and regulations, these officials, indicted for their misconduct in the investigative report, have left the BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences (BPKIHS) in disarray in recent times. Following months of upheavals at the BPKIHS that...

Effective Law To Curb Medical Malpractice

It has been estimated that unsafe healthcare results in 2.6 million deaths annually in low-and middle-income countries (WHO, 2019). Johns Hopkins researchers (2016) ranked medical malpractice as the third leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer. However, it is still unknown how many deaths result from malpractice worldwide every year. As per the constitution of most of the countries around