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Japan provides medical equipment worth Rs 1 billion

Posted by | Sep 24, 2018 |

Kathmandu – The government of Japan has provided medical equipment to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH). Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided physical and medical equipments worth one billion rupees under the third-phase assistance. At a progranme organised here today, Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Masamisi Saigo, and Chief Representative of JICA Nepal, Jun Sakuma, handed over the various types of medical equipments including digital monograph, CM X-ray machine, ventilator and anesthesia machine to Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Girirajmani Pokharel. JICA had provided support for construction of physical infrastructure and medical equipments to TUTH in 1983 for the first time and in 1992 for second time. All the physical structures at around 700-bed TUTH are constructed as per Japanese model. On the occasion, Minister Pokharel said that Japanese government’s support was very import in Nepal’s education and health sector while Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Saigo, said the government of Japan would continue the support in Nepal’s economic and social development in days to come. Similarly, Vice-Chancellor of the TU, Prof Dr Tirtha Raj Khaniya, Dean at Institute of Medicine Prof Dr Jagadish Agrawal, among others thanked Japanese government for its support to the...

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Sub-regional hospital to be integrated in to Institute of Health Science

Posted by | Sep 24, 2018 |

Ghorahi – The sub-regional hospital based in Dang is to be merged into the Rapti Institute of Health Science. Following the directive from the Ministry of Health to transfer all the properties and liabilities of the hospital, the sub-regional hospital is to be handed over on coming September 28. An all-party meeting held at the District Administrative Office, Dang on Sunday forged a consensus to transform the hospital to the Institute of Health Science. The all-side meeting attended by the representatives of Civil Society Dang, Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) district chapter, various political parties in the district, Registrar at Rapti Institute of Health Science Ram Prasad Pyakurel and acting superintendent of the sub-regional hospital Dr Janardan Panthi took the decision to complete the hospital handover process within September...

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Acid attack survivor Samjhana dead

Posted by | Sep 24, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Samjhana Das, who was seriously injured in an acid attack incident, died while undergoing treatment at 11.30 last night. Das breathed her last while being treated at Kirtipur Hospital. Samjhana Das and Susmita Das, daughters of Jadav Lal Das hailing from Chandrapur municipality-6, Rautahat, were attacked with acid on September 11 evening. Rambabu Paswan, a local, aged around 50, had allegedly thrown acid to the Das sisters in the night while the latter were asleep at their home citing refusal of his love proposal. The acid had burnt almost all body parts, including face of Samjhana. Her sister Sushmita, however, is out of danger. Police have already arrested Paswan for his involvement in acid...

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Diarrhoea in Jaleshwor Municipality-12 yet to be contained

Posted by | Sep 24, 2018 |

  – Diarrhoea that has spread across a Muslim settlement in Jaleshwor Municipality-12 in Mahottari for the past one week has yet to be contained. So far a four-year-old child named Khushbu Khatun died of the disease, while more than 200 people have taken ill. Children and pregnant women have been affected the most. The disease may take a form of pandemic if not contained on time, said health workers. The local people contracted the disease after they ate fishes caught from the paddy fields, said the local people. However, doctors said a sample of stools and urine of the patients would find the exact cause of the disease. Teams from various health institutions including doctors have started treating the patients by setting up health camps on the ground. The settlement has more than 300 households. The disease has not come under control despite efforts by the medical teams, said Dr Rajib Jha, medical superintendent of Jaleshwor Hospital. “More than 210 people are suffering from the disease. Each house has patients with the disease. Over 50 patients are being administered saline solution in the camps. Some of the patients have been transferred to the District Hospital, Jaleshwor for want of space in the camps,” said Santosh Kumar Thakur, District Public Health Office...

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NSU demonstrates against price hike

Posted by | Sep 24, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Nepal Students Union (NSU) has demonstrated at different parts of Kathmandu Valley today, demanding withdrawal of price hike in petroleum products and public transport fare during festival. The NSU demonstrated at Exhibition Road, Thapathali Campus, Pashupati Campus, among other places and chanted different slogans, demanding withdrawal of price hike and fare of public vehicles, action against rapists. On the occasion, NSU President Nain Singh Mahar said that the NSU would continue the agitation until withdrawal of price hike and action against guilty of violence against women is...

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