The world just experienced the hottest day on record and prolonged heat waves have become more common due to climate change, conditions that can alter medications and their effects on patients taking them.
The health of the injured pilot of the crashed Saurya Airlines Manish Shakya has been improving.
The number of patients with viral fever, dengue, and scrub typhus has increased at Khandbari Hospital in Sankhuwasabha district. According to the hospital, cases of viral fever, dengue, and scrub typhus have surged since mid-July, posing challenges for managing the required number of beds.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inquired about the health condition of Saurya airlines Captain Manish Ratna Shakya, who was seriously injured in the crash that took place at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital this morning.
The surgery of the injured pilot of the crashed Saurya Airlines Manish Shakya has begun at KMC Hospital Sinamangal. The director of the hospital Dr Suman Shrestha informed that Pilot Shakya was carried to the operation theatre for the operation.
Newly-appointed Health Minister in the Bagmati provincial government, Kiran Thapa, has announced a financial assistance of Rs 100 thousand to the cancer patients of economically poor families in the province.
A special vaccination campaign against polio has been rolled out in all the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley from today.
Minister for Health and Population Pradip Poudel has stated that the ministry was working for the prevention and control of the dengue virus.
The World Health Organization is “extremely worried” about the possibility of an outbreak of the highly infectious polio virus in Gaza after traces were found in wastewater. Dr Ayadil Saparbekov, head of the WHO’s team in the Palestinian territories, told reporters that a risk assessment was being implemented and that in the meantime health workers in Gaza were providing protection advice to the 2.3 million population.
One case of Cholera has been confirmed in a 16-year-old boy in Lalitpur.
The services of a hospital in Tanahun have been affected after the landslide-induced damage.
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Damodar Bhandari met the former Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand in Bir Hospital on Saturday.