Author: Himalaya Post

Kathmandu-  Nepal’s first non-government children’s hospital Ishaan has held its 26th general meeting. On Saturday, Ishan Women’s and Children’s Hospital held its 26th Annual General Meeting in its new building at Tokha-5. Addressing the program, the executive director of the hospital Prof. Dr. Ramnandan Prasad Chaudhary informed about the progress achieved by the hospital so far. He stated that, while gained a reputation in the field of neonatal and pediatric surgeons in Nepal, Ishan has been providing quality services of SAARC level. ‘Similarly, the hospital, which has been providing pediatric, emergency services and all health services related to children and women for 24 hours from the MD Pediatrics Pediatric Registrar, has already constructed an 8 floor building’, Chaudhary informed. He said that the building has been constructed on its own land of 6.5 ropany in Tokha-5 Shree Tol, just 250 meters behind the Ishan’ current building in Basundhara as per the plan to increase the time-related facilities and capacity. According to him, there is a plan to provide modern and quality services from the new building of the hospital soon. Dr. Chaudhary has also commitment to provide reliable quality services to the patients by providing pediatric and other health services and blood bank services after moving to  the own...

Srijana Magar, Kathmandu – Policy Planning and Monitoring Division of the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Taranath Pokhrel said political commitment was seen as a major challenge to health policy. In a policy dialogue program on ‘Health Policy in Federal Structure’ organized by the Center for Social Change on Wednesday Pokharel has expressed that view. He said that the government has not been able to fulfill its commitment even though the constitution of Nepal states that no citizen should be deprived of free health care and emergency health care under the fundamental right. Stating that lack of proper manpower is another major challenge in the region, he said, “Despite the state government structure, the rescue process for emergency health care and life safety has improved compared to the past, but due to lack of proper manpower, we are still failing to achieve national / international goals. Therefore, in order to achieve the goal of making the health policy tangible and effective, it is necessary to pay attention to the proper use and production of manpower”, Pokhrel emphasized. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Research Officer of Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) Dr. Meghnath Dhimal said that the NHRC still had to rely on the Ministry for policy formulation and approval of health research, adding that the state should widen the scope of this sector for access able health policy...