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Health facilities in Udayapur facing shortage of snake antivenom

Posted by | Aug 10, 2018 |

Gaighat, Udayapur – Katari hospital and Nepal Army-run health centre are reeling under shortage of snake venom antiserum for the past two months creating difficulties for the health facilities to deal with increasing number of snakebite patients. So much so that approximately half a dozen snakebite patients of Katari area died for want of timely treatment in the past two months alone, claimed a local resident Ganesh Baral. Snakebite incidents go unchecked especially in Tarai area during monsoon, and health facilities are reported to often lack snake antivenom worsening the situation. The two health institutions are receiving two or four snakebite patients on a daily basis, but they are forced to refer them elsewhere without the antivenom, said authorities of the hospitals. In some cases, the referrals may cost life of patients midway, said Chief of the Katari hospital Dr Gaurab Sah. A hospital needs at least 40 vials of antivnenom in stock besides a ventilator and intensive care unit for snakebite patients, he said, adding however that the hospital lacks these facilities making the matter worse. “Snakebite incidents are taking place in the area surrounded by forests. But health facilities in the area often lack the antivenom causing in some cases death of the patients,” he said. At least 50 vials of the antivenom should be in stock, but the health centre is making do with only 20...

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Gandaki province CM voices concerns about Beni-Korala road construction delay

Posted by | Aug 10, 2018 |

Beni, Aug 10 (RSS): Chief Minister of Gandaki province Prithivi Subba Gurung has expressed concerns about the delay in the construction of Beni-Jomsom-Korala road section under Kaligandaki corridor. “I have been receiving complaints about the delay. Kaligandaki corridor and Korala transit are future of the province. Homework is being done on connecting the road along the Kaligandaki River banks with Tribeni transit and Pokhara,” he said while inaugurating the second district assembly of the district coordination committee here on Thursday. He also stressed the need for all to make efforts in completing the corridor, Pokhara international airport and the Mid-Hill Highway that fall within the province. Earlier recently, CM Gurung made a field inspection of the corridor, and found that only five percent of the construction were completed so far. “The delay under any pretext will not be excused. The suspects will be booked. Continuous inspection and monitoring are needed to ensure development projects are being executed properly,” he said. He also underscored the need for the federal government to be serious about monitoring national pride...

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Overcrowding in jail increases security threat

Posted by | Aug 10, 2018 |

Nepalgunj – Overcrowding has increased security threat in Nepalgunj-based Banke district jail. With the rise in the number of inmates, the volume of wastes emanating from the prison has also increased and its management has become tougher. As a result, the prison premises is stinking with rampant throwing of wastes and more prisoners are getting health complications. Jailor Shyam Lal Lamichhane said that the jail has the real capacity for 300 inmates but now it is accommodating 658, which is more than double in number. Jail security challenges have increased as the walls on the premises are decrepit, inmates are accommodated beyond its real capacity and the prison is located amidst a dense settlement, the prison administration said. A contingent of 50 security personnel from Nepal Police and Armed Police Force has been deployed for the prison security which is inadequate in itself for maintaining security. “Compulsion to accommodate more than enough inmates, lack of modern security arrangement and prison being located in the proximity of dense settlement have triggered security threats in the jail,” said jailer Lamichhane. However, a regional jail with the capacity of 3,000 inmates is under construction at Naubasta. Lamichhane added the Banke district jail will also be relocated to appropriate place once the high capacity prison is...

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NSCIDC will have own exhibition hall soon

Posted by | Aug 10, 2018 |

Kathmandu, Aug 10 (RSS): The Nepal Small and Cottage Industry Development Committee (NSCIDA) will construct a SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) level exhibition hall. The construction drive aims to promote products from the country’s small and cottage industries at international level, said a committee official. The hall project site is located in Battisputali in Kathmandu covering 11 ropanis of land, and the estimated cost is Rs 350 million. The six-storeyed building will have three halls, one big and other two medium. The Committee has been organising small and cottage industry festival in the Bhrikutimandap Exhibition Hall for want of its own building. “Construction of the building will help in the development of small and cottage industry of the country,” said the Committee’s Spokesperson Bishwo Raman Acharya. The government has released Rs 21 million in the currency fiscal year for the building...

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Looters shot at man

Posted by | Aug 10, 2018 |

Mahendranagar, Dhanusa, Aug 10 (RSS): A man was injured seriously when a group of looters shot at him at Jamunibas of Mithila Municipality-8 in Dhanusa district on Thursday night. The robbers shot at Pushpa Lal Shrestha when he tried to protect his family members and himself from them, who broke into Shrestha’s house and went on a looting spree. However, the robbers decamped with gold jewellery weighing seven tolas, silver jewellery weighing 15 tolas and more than Rs 100,000 in cash before the police reached the incident site. Shrestha has sustained bullet injuries in his thighs was referred to Kathmandu from Janakpur Zonal Hospital, said the police. The looters also thrashed Shrestha’s family...

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