Pabitra Sunar

KATHMANDU, Oct 28:  Last month, Ram Mandal (name changed), 27, of Rautahat was admitted to Teku Hospital in critical condition after stepping on a rusty nail. 

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: In July, Santaraj Praja, 46, from Chitwan was brought to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Teku after he struggled to drink water.

KATHAMNDU, Sept 27: Hospitals have reported that dengue infections in the Kathmandu Valley, which have been increasing for the past two weeks, have seen a further rise in recent days. In just 20 hours, 60 dengue-infected patients arrived at the emergency department of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectiou...

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The number of dementia patients visiting Bir Hospital’s Neuro Medicine department has been rising steadily over the past few years, a marked change from a decade and a half ago when such cases were sparse.

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has reported that five more people have died of Japanese encephalitis in the country. With these additional deaths, the total number of fatalities due to the disease has reached 14.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The number of patients with viral fever and dengue in the Kathmandu Valley has increased rapidly.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The dengue infection has spread across the country. The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has confirmed that dengue infection has spread across all 77 districts by the third week of Bhadra (mid-September), and over 500 people have been infected across five district...

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has reported that the dengue infection that has spread in various parts of the country may take a violent form. Dr Gokarna Dahal, the chief of the Vector Borne Disease Section at EDCD, said the number of infected people has now...

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: It has been found that Dalit and indigenous communities experience higher death rates due to monsoon-induced disasters than other communities. According to data provided by the Nepal Police up to mid August, most of the people killed in disasters since the onset of this year’s mon...

KATHMANDU, July 30: Cholera has continued spreading in various places across the country since the last two weeks.