DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, MAR 16 -
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld the decision of the Special Court to convict former minister and Nepali Congress leader Chiranjibi Wagle on corruption charges. The SC, however, sent him to 18 months in prison and slapped with Rs. 20.3 million in fines. Around six years ago, the Special Court had sentenced Wagle to 30 months in prison and imposed a fine of Rs. 40 million. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, MAR 12 -
Summer is knocking on the door, the time when mosquitoes are most active. To ward off mosquito-caused diseases, the government is launching Mass Drugs Administration (MDA) in 36 districts across the country against Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)—elephantiasis transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, MAR 30 -
In a clear message that nobody is above the law, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered action against two former officials of the Commission for Investigation Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for abusing authority. This is the first instance that the judiciary has targeted officials of the constitutional anti-graft body.
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DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, MAR 15 -
In a bid to meet the national pre-elimination target of reducing incidence and containing transmission of malaria disease, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has readied a new strategy. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, MAR 08 -
The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is planning to launch ‘Health Insurance Programme’ for the people living below the poverty under government subsidy. Read more…
Ensuring peaceful transition to death: PALLIATIVE CARE victim of state apathy
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, MAR 30 -
Apart from the terrible pain and suffering, it is the psychological trauma that shatters the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses, much to the grief of their family members. Read more…
Eric Eric L. Krakauer is a Prof of Medicine and Director of International programme at the Center for Palliative Care at Harvard Medical School in USA. He is also an instructor at Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and attending physician at the Palliative Care Unit at Massachusetts Hospital. Dev Kumar Sunuwar spoke to Dr. Krakauer about palliative care and its importance. Excerpts: Read more…
Dr. Bharat Rawat
Dr. Rawat is a senior consultant cardiologist and Executive Director at Norvic International Hospital. He was involved in Bhattrai’s treatment for the last 12 years.
(As told to Dev Kumar Sunuwar)
MAR 05, 2010
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was humourous, intelligent, witty, a gourmet, and non-complaining. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 18 -
The government introduced a law to control the sale and distribution of infant food items 18 years ago, but the market is awash with a variety of infant food items responsible for child mortality. Read more…
DEV KUMAR SUNUWAR
KATHMANDU, DEC 12 -
Here is good news for patients of renal failure. In order to mitigate the problem of unavailability of human organs, particularly the kidney, officials are in a process to allow organ donation from brain-dead individuals. Arogya Foundation, a charity organisation, is all set to establish Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) laboratory, a main tool for cross-matching of organs and tissue typing, according to officials. Read more…
