A Resident of Ghodaghodi Municipality - 8, Kailali, Niraj Bahadur Shahi, died after taking an injection at the local medical. 35-year-old Shahi reached Dahit Medical after having a headache on Monday morning.
The government of India has provided Nepal with vaccines to be used in the treatment of sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia. The first batch of vaccines was delivered to the Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Paudel by India's ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, amidst a programme here on Friday.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that Israel’s blockade of Gaza, now in place for over 50 days, is causing a rapid depletion of essential humanitarian supplies - including food, fuel, medical aid, and childhood vaccines.
Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Poudel, has warned that the government will suspend all cooperation with private medical colleges if they failed to ensure residential doctors are provided living allowance equivalent to those given in government hospitals.
Eighty per cent of total length of India's rivers could be posing environmental and health risks due to antibiotic pollution, a study has estimated. Along with India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Pakistan are among the countries facing similar risks due to pollution from antibiotics, the research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus, said.
Three children have died and their mother injured after consuming poison at Sahidnagar Municipality - 5, Basudevpatti in Dhanusha.According to the Spokesperson of the District Police Office, Dhanusha Varun Bahadur Singh, Sushil Sah's eight-year-old son Aditya Sah, four-year-old daughter Akriti Sah and two-year-old daughter Arushi Sah died due to consuming poison. The health condition of the injured 30-year-old' wife, Babita Sah said to be critical.
Hospital's chief and medical superintendent Dr Nirajan Subedi said this is the first time the hospital is transplanting kidney on two patients. The transplantations are to be carried out serially.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has urged the metropolis denizens not to burn waste in open place.
The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has issued a directive seeking to withdraw two medicines promptly from the market. It has sought the prompt removal of the drugs' 'Pilpan 40mg Tablet' and 'Stop 40mg' from the market, citing that they are proven to be substandard.
Two people injured when a bolero got tangled in the wire that had broken off from an electric pole have been airlifted to Kathmandu.
Prof Dr Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Rector at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), has been appointed as the Officiating Vice Chancellor.
A two-day workshop for developing hospital disaster preparedness and response plans (HDPRP) concluded in Pokhara on Sunday.