Nepal must manufacture life saving drugs: Vice-president Pokhara, April 19 Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun has underscored the need for Nepal to be self-reliant in the production of life-saving drugs. Inaugurating the 13th National Convention of Nepal Chemists and Druggists Association here today,... Travel 20 Apr, 2019
Druggists warn of protests against raids KATHMANDU: Protesting police raids on two big pharmaceutical companies of the Capital on Friday, chemists and druggists on Saturday warned that they would launch stern protests. On Friday, a market monitoring had raided two drug depots of Lomus... Horoscopes 05 Mar, 2016
70 trucks carrying drugs stuck in Raxaul Birgunj, January 8 Seventy trucks carrying medicine worth around Rs 450 million are stuck in the Indian town Raxaul across the Nepal-India border due to the ongoing agitation called by the Madhes-based parties. The trucks that have arrived at the... Travel 09 Jan, 2016
70 medicine-laden trucks stuck in Raxaul BIRGUNJ: As many as 70 trucks carrying medicines worth around Rs 450 million are stuck in the Indian town Raxaul across the Nepal-India border due to the ongoing agitation called by the Madhes-centric parties at the transit point and the unofficial... Travel 08 Jan, 2016
Nepal facing 'medical crisis' as supplies run short KATHMANDU: Bindu Ghimire's chemotherapy appointment is approaching, but supplies of the drugs the 61-year-old desperately needs are in short supply as a political crisis in her native Nepal deepens.Protests at the border with India have already led... Travel 20 Nov, 2015
Druggists warn of acute shortage of life-saving medicines, call to end border obstructions KATHMANDU: Drug sellers of the nation have warned that the nation would face an acute shortage of live-saving drugs within few days if the ongoing border obstructions continued. Issuing an appeal today, the Nepal Chemists and Druggists... Travel 09 Nov, 2015
Border obstructions in Tarai cause drug crunch in Dhaulagiri hills BAGLUNG: Health facilities in Dhaulagiri zone, including government hospitals and pharmacies, have started reeling under the medicine shortage following the obstruction in supplies at Indo-Nepal border points. As the import of the essential drugs... 19 Oct, 2015
Fuel, medicine shortage paralyses Valley hospitals NMA president says if the shortage persists for another week, hospitals may be shut Kathmandu, October 8 The blockade imposed by the agitating Madhes-based parties on the Nepal-India border is having an adverse impact on the health sector in... Horoscopes 09 Oct, 2015
Janakpur districts reel under acute drug shortage due to bandh MAHOTTARI: Six districts of Janakpur Zone are reeling under an acute shortage of medicines including the life-saving drugs due to an indefinite bandh (shutdown) called by various groups in the Tarai. Shambhu Prasad Bhattarai, Vice-Chairman of the... Travel 23 Sep, 2015
NCDA concerned Kathmandu, September 8 The Nepal Chemists and Druggists Association on Tuesday expressed serious concern over reports of medicine shortage in various Tarai districts. A press statement issued by the NCDA Chairperson Mrigendra Meher Shrestha... Horoscopes 09 Sep, 2015
Chemists protest Supreme Court order KATHMANDU: The Nepal Chemists’ and Druggists’ Association has expressed dissatisfaction over the Supreme Court’s recent order to the government which does not allow the hospitals to rent their spaces to private companies or individuals to run... Horoscopes 03 Aug, 2015
Pharmacy day: Self-medication worries drug sellers, medicos Kathmandu, September 23: Thanks to the lack of awareness among both the consumers and drug sellers few patients follow the rules of medication, which leads to various complications in the long run. “Fifty per cent of the prescribed drugs include... Travel 23 Sep, 2005
