Workers' strike mars services at Saptari health facilities

RAJBIRAJ: Services at 119 health facilities of Saptari have been obstructed for the past four days owing to the workers' strike. The agitated workers have put forth a three-point memorandum in front of the government demanding implementation of...

Travel 17 Feb, 2017

Essential drugs in short supply in Saptari health facilities

Rajbiraj, January 18 Hundreds of service seekers have been facing a hard time due to prolonged shortage of essential drugs in most health facilities of Saptari district. Of the 113 health facilities in the district, almost all of them have...

Travel 19 Jan, 2017

All Saptari health facilities closed

Rajbiraj, November 24 Protesting police high-handedness at Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital on Sunday, all the health facilities in the district have pulled their shutters from today. Health workers at the health facility had...

Travel 25 Nov, 2015

Health facilities remain closed in Saptari for third day

RAJBIRAJ: Protesting the police brutality and beating of health professionals at the Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital, all health facilities including private ones were shut here in Saptari district on Tuesday also. All health services, except emergency,...

Travel 24 Nov, 2015

Korean Ambassador, UNICEF representative visit flood-affected Kavre communities; Hand-over essential supplies

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nepal, Park Tae-young, and UNICEF Representative to Nepal, Alice Akunga, visited flood and landslide-affected communities in Kavrepalanchowk District on November 29.

Nepal 04 Dec, 2024

Minister Paudel inspects Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital in Saptari

Minister for Health and Population Pradip Paudel conducted an on-site visit to Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital in Rajbiraj, Saptari district, today.

Nepal 05 Nov, 2024

'Janmat Party's victory reflects people's desire for change'

Janmat party secured only 26,659 votes less than Upendra Yadav-led Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal, which had emerged as a new but dominant political force in 2008.

Nepal 13 Dec, 2022

EDITORIAL - Worrying scenario

The sharp rise in the number of active COVID cases in the country in recent days is evidence that the measures taken by the government to control the spread of the virus have not been effective. The number of active cases in the country on Monday stood at 30,877, which shows a yawning gap between new additions and recovery among patients. This figure is six times the number of active cases recorded at the start of the new year 2022, when there were 4,900 cases.

Opinion 19 Jan, 2022

Volunteer Corps Nepal partners with Hong Kong-based Sowers Action to complete Covid-19 emergency relief project worth Rs 10m

Volunteer Corps Nepal (VCN) in partnership with Hong Kong-based Sowers Action, has launched and completed Covid-19 Emergency Relief Project 2021, worth Rs 10 million, in a bid to distribute medical supplies to 11 government health facilities in seven different districts of Nepal.

Nepal 27 Jun, 2021

187 COVID deaths, 8,046 intra-day cases reported

Nepal today reported an additional 8,046 new cases of coronavirus infection, taking the number of infected people to 447,704.

Nepal 16 May, 2021

Hospitals, health facilities told to be ready if COVID cases surge

With a number of places in neighbouring India witnessing a surge in cases of coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health and Population has requested people not to conduct rallies, seminars, meetings, or events involving large gatherings.

Nepal 22 Mar, 2021

Japan extends assistance to WFP Nepal for nutrition programme in Provinces 1, 2

The Government of Japan will be extending grant assistance to UN WFP Nepal for implementing the Mother and Child Health and Nutrition Programme in Provinces 1 and 2.

Nepal 20 Feb, 2021