1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (639+ words) The moment an ambulance siren sounds, a crowd surges across the hospital premises. Before the doors have even opened, anxious eyes are fixed on the stretcher inside. Hope and dread sit side by side on exhausted faces. Families rush forward,…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (319+ words) At least 14 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Wednesday, the prime minister said, with the health minister attributing the tragedy to a blast in the nursery ward. The blaze started ​around…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (169+ words) Long dismissed as a seasonal stain or a musty smell to be wiped away before guests arrive, mould slowly poisons the air of our homes and accumulates silently in our bodies across years of chronic exposure, unseen and unmonitored. Grain…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (620+ words) Editorial | Essential vaccines are running out in Nepal. It’s time to act The Kathmandu Post Essential vaccines are running out in Nepal. It’s time to act A state’s primary duty is to preserve its citizens’ lives and well-being. Yet, in…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1011+ words) There is something deeply calming about being in nature. I am sure you have felt this in one form or another. Try to remember one of those days when your mind feels unbearably crowded. You have many thoughts running through…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (860+ words) Cancer patients are paying exorbitant prices for platinum-based chemotherapy medicines at private pharmacies because the drugs are not available at pharmacies in state-run health facilities. As cancer treatment cannot be postponed or interrupted, families are forced to buy the medicines,…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (822+ words) Japanese encephalitis has killed six of the 10 people infected in Jhapa since the current outbreak began in the second week of July. The 60 percent case-fatility rate, the highest in the country, has led health officials to consider an emergency vaccination…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1445+ words) Sayal Rai was just 12 years old when he contracted Japanese encephalitis. Now 14, he remains in a permanent vegetative state and has been on ventilator support ever since, first at Birat Medical College and Teaching Hospital in Biratnagar and later at…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (585+ words) The same doctor, the same time, but working in two countries simultaneously. The Nepal Medical Council has formed a committee to investigate the credentials and employment status of foreign doctors after finding that a doctor who had obtained permission to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1057+ words) Residents displaced by a deadly landslide in Rolpa and those involved in the rescue effort are beginning to face health problems after days of exposure to rain, poor living conditions and inadequate food and rest. Many displaced families are still…...