KATHMANDU, May 29: The government is planning to upgrade the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, commonly known as the Teku Hospital, to a 300-bed facility.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku is resuming the vaccination campaign from today.

People planning to go abroad for work and further study are seeking the document after various countries made the vaccination certificate against COVID-19 mandatory. Experts worry that such a large crowd without proper social distancing could spread COVID-19 infection

KATHMANDU, May 13: Nepal is being ravaged by the deadlier second wave of the coronavirus disease. Around 10,000 new cases are being detected on a daily basis and more than 100 patients died of the disease every day over the past few days.

KATHMANDU, May 11: Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital at Teku in Kathmandu has stopped conducting Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests from Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, May 10: Nepal has been witnessing an alarmingly high number of new infections of the coronavirus disease on a daily basis as the country is hit hard by the second wave of this viral infection starting mid-April.

Dr Rajbhandari added that 14 patients are being treated for the viral disease in the general ward where only five beds are available.

“If anyone suspected the COVID-19 infection, they would come to Teku hospital and even other hospitals would refer people to this hospital for consultation,” recalls Sher Bahadur Pun, Clinical Research Unit Coordinator at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital. According to him, in the initial stage, Kathmandu was shocked after a family that travelled from the UK tested positive for COVID-19. The next day, people lined up at Teku hospital to get tested for COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, April 24: The Teku-based Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (STIDH) in the capital has been declared one of the three Nagarik Nayaks by Nepal Republic Media (NRM).

KATHMANDU, April 11: The Teku-based Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital is planning to discharge COVID-19 patients in a few days.

KATHMANDU, Mar 4: A Nepali migrant worker who landed in Kathmandu from Qatar Tuesday evening has been taken to the isolation ward of the Teku-based Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital.