The 17th meeting of the Medical Education Commission convened here today discussed and decided on a host of key agendas including increasing the number of foreign students in Nepal's private medical colleges.
As many as 733 people have been benefitted from the cancer treatment aid programme of the Gandaki province government. The province government has provided aid worth over Rs 23.5 million for cancer treatment.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has extended thanks to all the concerned agencies for successfully administering HPV vaccine against cervical cancer to over one million adolescent girls in the country.
Dhaka has ranked first on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 392 at 9:00 am this morning. Today's air was classified as 'hazardous', referring to an alarming health risk to residents, according to the AQI index. Though Sunday's air quality was marked as very unhealthy with an AQI score of 201, the air worsened on Monday marking it 'hazardous.'
A total of 3,510 individuals have undergone checkups at a two-day free heart health camp held here.
While inaugurating a rally against drug addiction organized by the Nepal Students Union, Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan Committee on Sunday, she called on everyone to refrain from drug abuse. "Do not use drugs even once," Minister Deuba cautioned.
The 16th meeting of the Medical Education Commission decided to provide resident doctors at private medical colleges with a living allowance similar to those in government medical institutions. The meeting presided over by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar on Friday decided to this effect followed by extensive discussions and recommendations included in reports from the relevant parties.
The Ministry of Health and Population has passed the 'Guidelines for printing warning message and pictures on box, packet and wrapper of tobacco products-2081'. Endorsing the Guidelines, the Ministry said that the sale and purchase of tobacco products without warning messages and pictures will not be allowed.
Minister for Health and Population Pradeep Paudel has claimed that the government was planning to make the health sector more systematic by ensuring everyone's access to medical facilities.
Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie, today visited Bhaktapur Hospital, where she inspected the hospital's gynecological ward and acquired information about the services provided.
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, a member of the British Royal Family and Global Ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), visited Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh/ Kirtipur Eye Hospital as part of her official trip to Nepal.
The mini PCNL (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy) technology, which removes kidney stones through a small incision without the need for major surgery, has now been in use in Nepal for 20 years.