Contract for doctors on anvil Renu KshetryKathmandu, May 5:The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is planning to send ‘interested’ doctors on a contract basis to 25 districts having low Human Development Index, as most doctors under MoHP were on ‘study’ leave and... Travel 06 May, 2005
For a brighter today In the neighbourhood adjoining the British camp at ManBhawan, retired Gurkhas from the British and Indian Armies have joined forces to form a community service society. They have a restaurant and a catering service called Gurkhas Brigade Boys Club. A... Travel Abroad 06 May, 2005
1,300 visit health camp at Lele Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu:A team of 51, including 43 doctors, four nurses and four chemists participated in the health camp organised in Lele, 17 km south of Kathmandu on the rainy Saturday of 30 April. Over 1,300 residents, of whom 75 per cent... Travel Abroad 01 May, 2005
Anti-rabies tissue culture vaccine from 2006 Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 25:The Ministry of Health and Population is planning to introduce Tissue culture vaccine from 2006. Since the vaccine will have nominal side effects, it can be administered on children, elderly people, and... Horoscopes 25 Apr, 2005
MoH unveils incentive package for safe births Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 24:To encourage women to seek medical services during deliveries, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has introduced an incentive package for safe delivery services. The scheme has been introduced keeping in mind the... Travel 24 Apr, 2005
An outsider’s perspective Dewan RaiKathmandu:It is said a picture can say more than a thousand words. An exhibition of hotographs “Thalara Framed — Glimpses of Western Nepal” by Devendra S Rana at Siddhartha Art Gallery, Babarmahal Revisited, tells the story of day-to-day... Travel Abroad 19 Apr, 2005
Kids nationwide to be given Vitamin A Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 16:Preparations for the feeding of vitamin A and deworming capsules to children under the National Vitamin A programme are complete. The Ministry of Health will conduct the programme throughout the nation... Travel 16 Apr, 2005
Rural women going in for family planning Himalayan News ServiceIlam, April 16: The number of women opting for the tri-monthly vaccine for contraception is on the rise in Maimajhuwa village located in the northern part of the district. According to personnel at the health post of Maimajhuwa... Travel 16 Apr, 2005
Less than 50pc pregnant Ilam women seek medical check-up Himalayan News ServiceIlam, April 12:Less than 50 per cent women go for a medical check-up during pregnancy in Ilam district. The number of those taking a regular check-up is even far less – around 17 per cent in the district. Chief of district... Travel 12 Apr, 2005
Focus on development of Karnali Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 3:Intellectuals from Karnali Zone today demanded amendment in the constitution and revamping of the centralised National Planning Commission for the uplift of empoverished people living in the Karnali zone, which... Travel 03 Apr, 2005
ONCE-OVER Lawati’s house set ablazePHIDIM: Suspected Maoists set ablaze the house of RPP vice-president Padamasundar Lawati at Phidim on Friday. They forced Lawati’s wife Tara Khaling and two helpers out of the house and set it on fire, said colonel Tek... Travel 26 Mar, 2005
Patients rely on shamans for treatment Himalayan News ServicePhidim, March 10:It’s unbelievable, but it’s ture. A majority of people living in rural parts of the Panchathar district visit shamans — and not health workers and doctors — when they take ill. The medicos’ turn comes... Travel 11 Mar, 2005
