MBBS student Dilli Harijan has also begun a hunger strike demanding parity in internship stipends between private and government medical college students.

As many as 53 people have died, and 716 others have been injured from venomous snakebites since May 14.

New study says Nepal reduced adolescent pregnancy and childbirth by 35 percent over the past two decades and outpaced many low- and lower middle income countries, including India.

Since demand is excessively high and collection low, Human milk bank has been prioritising the infants with low weights and those critically ill for service.

Decades of government failure to expand the health workforce have left doctors overworked, patients underserved, and assaults on health workers on the rise.

Hundreds of thousands of ailing people suffered due to a nationwide strike of doctors protesting against physical assaults on them. Emergency wards were overwhelmed.

The Nepal Medical Association says aggression against doctors has increased, with more than 90 cases of physical and verbal abuse registered over the past 10 months.

The rare and highly complex procedure was successfully at Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre.

Hospital chief says the previous funding limit forced many poor families to take their children home without treatment, so they revised the ceiling.

Resumption of health insurance services at the two centres brings relief to thousands of patients nationwide.

While the HPV vaccine included in the routine immunisation list targets types 16 and 18, recent screening shows infections with multiple HPV types, including those not covered by the vaccine.

Bir Hospital’s hotline now operates only during office hours on weekdays, so workers in over 46 countries no longer have access to timely medical advice on weekends and after hours.

Last year’s data show the unvaccinated are most vulnerable to infection and death. Vaccination may begin only next year.

Water samples collected from Chandragiri, Kritipur, Dakshinkali and Gokarneshwar municipalities, and Kathmandu Metropolitan City, were found to contain faecal coliform and E coli.

Officials say the Central Zoo will be reopened to the public only after the Central Veterinary Laboratory submits a fresh report and the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division grants approval.

Hospitals say discounted medicines have long been available through their pharmacies.

Mental health problems during pregnancy and after child birth are responsible for six percent of maternal deaths in Nepal and rank as the second leading cause, according to a National Statistics Office report.

Officials say floating populations, slum dwellers, and migrant workers are among the biggest hurdles to achieving full vaccination coverage in urban areas.

Officials say floating populations, slum dwellers, and migrant workers are among the biggest hurdles to achieving full vaccination coverage in urban areas.

Bird flu outbreaks have been reported in 58 places across Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur and eight in Kavrepalanchowk district.