Many private hospitals force fresh nursing graduates to work for free or pay as little as Rs8,000 a month to skilled nurses.

Disaster preparedness saved lives around Dashain. Now measures sought against emissions.

Officials unable to study nutrition status of thousands displaced by floods and landslides. New health programmes on hold as the budget may be revised.

Experts warn imported cases could rise as thousands of migrant workers return from India for Dashain and Tihar.

In just two days, the ministry received over 600 phone calls and 300 emails from public.

Health authorities have sought more manpower from the provincial government.

Experts say anxiety and sleeplessness have become more severe on those already having mental health issues.

Officials say Gen Z protests delayed vaccination, and are planning to administer oral vaccine to over 1.8 million people in Parsa and Bara districts.

Doctors call Monday’s carnage a man-made disaster that could have been prevented, unlike an earthquake or the Covid pandemic.

13 cold chain units were destroyed nationwide. Routine vaccination could be disrupted, warn officials.

Nearly half of patients tested positive. Some being treated in intensive care.

Eight of 10 stool samples test positive. Vibrio cholerae 01 Ogawa serotype identified as culprit.

At least three people are dead, 93 have tested positive and over 300 sought treatment in various hospitals.

A team of experts from the WHO, health ministry, disease control division working in disease-hit areas.

A 24-year-old woman from Kathmandu, admitted to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, succumbed to the disease on Wednesday.