PABITRA SUNAR

Heart attacks are increasingly affecting younger Nepalis, with doctors citing sedentary lifestyles, stress, unhealthy diets and tobacco use as major risk factors.

Breast cancer has emerged as the most common cancer among women in Nepal, with around 5,000 women diagnosed every year, up from an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 cases about a decade ago.

Manisha was rescued from the banks of the Bhotekoshi River in Timure, Rasuwa, on August 26 after being trapped under mud for 72 hours. Although her health has improved, rain continues to remind her of the disaster.

The number of relatives visiting Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to search for loved ones missing in the Bhotekoshi floods has dropped by around 50 percent in a week as severely decomposed bodies make visual identification increasingly difficult. Police say families are increasingly turning t...

The hospital compound was filled with the stench of decomposing bodies, making it difficult for relatives to stay inside for long. Staff, police officers and drivers working there had little choice but to endure the smell.

Healthcare workers at hospitals and holding centres say flood victims are increasingly showing signs of psychosocial distress, making psychological counselling an urgent need.

Manisha Uchaimagar was swept away along with her house by the Bhotekoshi flood on Wednesday morning. Her father, Lok Bahadur, rushed home after witnessing the flood, but the current carried away his daughter and their house. He survived by fleeing to safety, while Manisha’s mother, Geeta, esca...

Assistant Chief District Officer Krishna Prasad Humagain of the District Administration Office said the bodies retrieved after Sunday’s second flooding had begun to decompose and smell.

For families searching for loved ones missing since Wednesday’s Bhotekoshi floods, every ambulance brings a flicker of hope. At Kathmandu’s hospitals, that hope is fading with each passing day.

A 36-year-old survivor lies injured in a Kathmandu hospital after watching his wife and four children being swept away by the devastating Bhotekoshi flood in Timure, Rasuwa.