Hospital service improving Himalayan News service Rupandehi, April 9:Procrastination has become a thing of the past at the Lumbini Zonal Hospital, if the services being provided by doctors and other hospital staffers in the last few weeks are anything to go by.Doctors, who used... Travel 10 Apr, 2005
Eastern hills hit by kala-azar Himalayan News Service Gaighat, February 20: Summer days are still far away, but people in the hilly areas of Udayapur have started visiting health centres after they were infected with kala-azar, it is reported. The Udayapur district hospital... Travel 21 Feb, 2005
Female foeticide on rise Arun GyawaliBhairahawa, February 20: Two children were enough for Butwal-native Rupa Thapa (name changed), but family pressure to have a son forced her to get in the family way again and visit Gorakhpur for a foetus scan. because it was a daughter, she... Travel 21 Feb, 2005
Surprise checks The five-member monitoring committee formed under the Ministry of Health is reported to have started surprise checks in government hospitals since last Friday. The purpose of the checks is said to be to verify patients’ complaints against doctors and... 08 Feb, 2005
Upholding ethics In a short span of nine years, the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre (SGNHC) has come to the rescue of hundreds of patients suffering from cardiovascular ailments. As the only hospital of its kind in the country, the facility has filled an... 31 Jan, 2005
Minister vows to check corruption in govt hospitals Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, January 19: Dr Banshidhar Mishra, State Minister for Health, today said the Health Ministry has set up a mechanism to take action against the doctors and laboratories which have not been discharging their duty... Horoscopes 20 Jan, 2005
Health clinics accused of tax evasion in Rupandehi Mahendra ThapaRupandehi, January 17: Government officials have revealed that most doctors and private health clinics are not registered with local administration and they have been evading tax for years.The Commerce Office, Rupandehi chief Hari... 17 Jan, 2005
Quacks siphoning off poor’s life savings: Amartya Sen Agence France PresseNew Delhi, January 9:Modern quacks are stealing the life savings of India’s poor for treatment of malaria and tuberculosis while making the illnesses linger, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said in an interview today. Citing a survey... Women 09 Jan, 2005
BP cancer hospital doctors get go-ahead for private practice Himalayan News ServiceChitwan, May 20:Physicians at the BP Memorial Cancer Hospital have been given the go-ahead to practise in private clinics, plunging the hospital into another controversy. Officiating director of the hospital, Dr Bal Man Singh... Travel 21 May, 2004
Temperature of Rajbiraj soaring Rajbiraj, May 24: Day-to-day life of the general public here has been hampered by the excessive rise in the temperature that has been recorded since the past week.Shops have remained closed during the day and local markets have also been affected as... Women 24 May, 2002
