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Pandemic of drugs overuse
Indiscriminate prescriptions of steroids and antibiotics cause irreversible side effects in Nepal’s children
From scarce vaccines, to storage shortage in Nepal
The 4.1 million doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines sent by Germany via COVAX facility arrived in Kathmandu this week. Photo: UNICEFTill a few…
Donated ventilators gather dust in Nepal
When the second wave of the Delta variant ravaged Nepal in April-May this year, hospitals ran out of oxygen and ICU beds. The international…
At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal
Services provided from outside of OPD due to Covid cases. Photos: NYAYA HEALTH NEPALNepal’s rural health system, already underfunded,…
At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal
Services provided from outside of OPD due to Covid cases. Photos: NYAYA HEALTH NEPALNepal’s rural health system, already underfunded,…
Nepal designates more hospitals for Covid-19 treatment
Amidst a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections in Nepal, Prime Minister K P Oli has announced that all big government and private hospitals and…
Nepal designates more hospitals for Covid-19 treatment
Amidst a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections in Nepal, Prime Minister K P Oli has announced that all big government and private hospitals and…
Kathmandu locks down again
https://youtu.be/Fcpz1Dj-ZFcThere is a feeling of déjà vu in Nepal as the country goes into a Covid-19 lockdown all over again one year later.…
Unique hospital handover in Dolakha
Charikot Hospital in 2015 after it was upgraded from a primary health care centre by Nyaya Health Nepal. Photo: Nyaya Health Nepal. In one of…
Nepal health workers battle Covid-19, but also stigma
Photo: BIKRAM RAINepal reported the first death of a medical worker from Covid-19 last week, a 35-year-old health assistant in Mahottari…
Nepal’s frontline workers brave it out
Kanchan Bista at the government lab in Dhangadi says she wears three menstrual pads at once so she does not have to go frequently to the…
Nepal extends COVID-19 testing but no new cases
A doctor in Hima Village Council in Jamla collects swab of a patient on Tuesday. Photo: DHIRAJ GURUNGAfter being in lockdown now for nearly…
Epicentre of two disasters in West Nepal
Sodasha Higher Secondary School in western Nepal is undergoing retrofitting as an earthquake preparedness model for future quakes in the region.…
Returnees may be taking coronavirus to rural Nepal
Nepalis crossing the border into the country through the Gauriphanta checkpost in Dhangadi, Far Western Nepal. Photos: DINESH KHABARA week…
Protecting those who protect us from the epidemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, hospitals have been overwhelmed. Nepal is ahead of the curve, but if the case load is to rise steeply…
When panic goes viral
Nepali students on their way to the quarantine centre in Bhaktapur after landing in Kathmandu Airport on Sunday morning. Photo: RSSThe global…
Environmental destruction is a medical emergency
Photo: PRAKASH SINGHLast month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not…
Heli rescue fraud tarnishes Nepal’s image
PICS: RESPONSIBLE ADVENTURESWidespread international coverage of an insurance scam in Nepal that involves some helicopter companies, private…
Nepal's Gross National Sadness
We may not be a very happy nation at the moment, but just wait a few more months for Dasain.