Half of Papung VDC suffering from TB Taplejung, May 26:Over half the villagers of Papung Village Development Committee (VDC), Taplejung district, are infected with tuberculosis (TB), a doctor of the Taplejung District Hospital said. The village is home to 1556 people, most of them... Travel 27 May, 2006
Mentally challenged in shackles for past 12 years Lamjung, February 13: Thirty-two-year-old Baburam Bhandari, a resident of Simpani Village Development Committee-8, Lamjung, has been chained for the last 12 years. Bhandari is mentally handicapped, but his family is not able to afford his treatment.... Travel 14 Feb, 2006
Lack of timely eye care ‘major cause’ of blindness Kathmandu, January 14:Neglect of timely and proper medical cure for a sensitive body part like the eye is contributing to a rise in the number of cases of blindness in Nepal.In many parts of the country, lack of awareness and ignorance about any eye... Travel 15 Jan, 2006
Hysteria grips schoolchildren, classes disrupted Rautahat, September 20: Classes in the Kalika secondary school at Santapur Matiaun VDC Ward No 6 have been disrupted for the past two weeks after some students were gripped by hysteria. Terror has spread among the students and the teachers after... Travel 20 Sep, 2005
Weird illness closes school Himalayan News ServiceKavre, July 22:Bal Bikas Boarding School at Panitanki of Kavre VDC-2 has been closed since the past four days because a strange illness has been reported among its students. A few students, it is reported, complained of hea-dache... Travel 22 Jul, 2005
Shamans undergo training Himalayan News ServiceRamechhap, April 25:Believe it or not, shamans in 12 VDCs of Ramechhap district are sending patients approaching them for cures to health centres instead. The shamans took this new turn after the Rural Health Development Project... Travel 25 Apr, 2005
Importance of iodised salt stressed Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 12:A street drama on the importance of iodised salt was staged at Basantapur today. The programme is the part of a tripartite agreement signed between the government of Nepal, the government of India and the Salt... Horoscopes 12 Apr, 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
First deaf teacher in Dhading Himalayan News ServiceDhading, February 18:Ram Prasad Adhikari, 29, is the first hearing impaired teacher in the district. Adhikari was then a second grader when he lost his hearing power after he recovered from meningitis at the age of nine but now he... Travel 18 Feb, 2005
On the side of Lord Shiva Yuyutsu RD Sharma:The human soul is like a parachute, if you don’t open it in the sky of your life, you drop dead,” grey-haired handsome legendary Dutch poet Hans Plomp would say something like this as you would move towards the historic artists’... Travel Abroad 12 Feb, 2005
Health ministry to run training programme Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 9:Under the plan, “United Management Programme for Child Illness” in Sarlahi, the Ministry of Health intends to bring down the mortality rate of children suffering from pneumonia, according to a press... Horoscopes 10 Feb, 2005
Alleged witches seek punitive action against accusers Himalayan News ServiceBiratnagar, July 2:Over 30 women of Morang and Sunsari districts, who have been accused of practising witchcraft, held a demonstration today in Biratnagar, demanding punitive action against the accusers. They said that tough laws... Travel 03 Jul, 2004
