Residents of remote villages can easily access specialist services after the telemedicine service was launched in 42 health institutions of six districts of the province.

Cases of breathing difficulty and discomfort in nose and eyes, particularly among children, are on the rise, doctors say.

According to the Ministry of Social Development, 41,000 teenage girls got married in Karnali in the last three years.

The plan had stalled after local residents launched a protest against land acquisition.

The delay in budget release from the Ministry of Social Development in Karnali has put the hospital in a financial fix.

Lack of awareness and geographical remoteness lead women to deliver their babies at home instead of visiting health facilities, health workers say.

Under the studying-earning programme launched by Janajyoti Secondary School, students can take interest-free loans to start farming projects.

People say contractors don’t transport rice in time and when they do, the grains are of inferior quality.

More than 40,000 beds have been removed from various quanrantine centres throughout the province, according to the Karnali Provincial Health Directorate.

Many affected families do not have land ownership certificates and those who have say the compensated amount is not enough.

A few cases get reported but a majority of them are settled within the camps, say families displaced by the 2014 floods.

As many as 81 posts of people’s representatives are currently vacant in eight districts of Karnali Province.

The drinking water project will be funded by the federal, provincial and local governments, authorities say.

The Health Ministry in April had announced 50 percent allowance for workers deployed to the frontline in the fight against Covid-19.

Only a few families have received half the grant announced by the provincial government while the rest have received none.