KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Harka Sampang, the mayor of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, has written a letter to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), demanding the issue of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) be resolved amicably.

DHARAN, June 9: Former Vice Chancellor of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, Prof Dr Raj Kumar (RK) Rauniyar has been cleared of corruption charges.

KATHMANDU, April 8: People took part in a solidarity sit-in-protest at Maitighar in the capital against the incompetence and corruption at BP Koirala Institute Health Sciences (BPKHIS), a major hospital in eastern Nepal.

ITAHARI, March 1: The BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), a famed teaching hospital in Dharan, is desperately waiting for Rs 260 million from the Ministry of Health and Population of the federal government, which was spent on health insurance schemes of the patients.

DHARAN, Jan 21: A young man infected with COVID-19 has died while undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan.

DHARAN, Sept 2: The agitators at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, have announced to quit work except emergency and COVID ward services from Sunday.

DHARAN, August 12: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) raided the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, August 6: Minister of State for Health and Population (MoHP), Umesh Shrestha has committed to taking legal action against those involved in corruption at the BP Koirala Institutes of Health Sciences (BPKIHS).

The Nepali Congress (NC) has blamed the government for not making any efforts to resolve the problems even after an agitation launched by doctors, students and staff of the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), putting forth various demands, continues for around a month.

DHARAN, June 28: Nepal's famed teaching hospital BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has been rocked by constant protests for a couple of weeks.  Protesters are both from within and outside the BPKIHS.

DHARAN, June 21: A patient infected with black fungus has undergone a complex surgery at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan.

DHARAN, April 27: Two COVID-19 patients died on Monday while receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan.

DHARAN, Jan 18: Junior residents and medical officers at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) have staged protests after not getting risk-allowances despite the government announcement.

DHARAN, Nov 23: Two more people died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan.

KATHMANDU, Oct 31: The BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) is installing additional medical equipment in the hospital to ensure better treatment to the ever increasing number of COVID-19 patients.

DHARAN, Oct 22: BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has unveiled the costs of COVID-19 treatment.

DHARAN, Oct 20: Two more coronavirus patients died at the COVID-19 Hospital under BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan in the past 24 hours.

DHARAN, Oct 19: Sunsari recorded four more deaths linked with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past one day.

DHARAN, Oct 18: Two more coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Sunsari district in the past 24 hours.

COVID-19 related death tally at BPKIHS hits 61

DHARAN, Oct 15: Six people succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sunsari in the past 24 hours.

CIAA launches probe into irregularity at COVID-19 hospital of BPKIHS, Dharan

DHARAN, Oct 13: Man Bahadur Bajgain, who has been undergoing dialysis twice a week for the past eight years, reached BP Koirala Institute of Health Science for dialysis on Monday but failed to get the service. The dialysis unit of the hospital refused to provide the dialysis service more than once a week.

DHARAN, Oct 9: Two COVID-19 patients from Sunsari breathed their last at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science (BPKIHS) on Friday.

DHARAN, Oct 6: A 64-year old man has died of COVID-19 at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science (BPKIHS) in Dharan on Tuesday.

DHARAN, Oct 5: Dharan-based B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) recorded one more coronavirus-related death on Monday.

DHARAN, Sept 30: Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) reported yet another coronavirus-related death on Wednesday morning.

Six Nepal Police personnel and seven Nepal Army personnel are among 26 people tested positive for the virus

DHARAN, Sept 6: A COVID-19 patient undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) died on Sunday.

DHARAN, Sept 3. Two men from Saptari succumbed to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday.

DHARAN, Aug 29: A COVID-19 patient undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science (BPKIHS) in Dharan died on Friday night.

MORANG, Aug 28: Two COVID-19 patients have died in Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS). They were 56 and 83.

BIRATNAGAR, Aug 28: An elderly person has succumbed to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jhapa district.

MORANG, 25: A COVID-19 patient undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) gave birth to a baby girl on Monday.

DHARAN, Aug 24: The first COVID-19 patient,  who received plasma therapy at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science in Dharan, succumbed to COVID-19.

DHARAN, Aug 10: Twelve more people including two staff nurses at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday.

DHARAN, Aug 18: A COVID-19 patient has been treated through the convalescent plasma therapy for the first time at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan.

DHARAN, Aug 11:  The Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has decided to suspend its outdoor patient (OPD) service starting from Wednesday until further notice.

DHARAN, July 17: A COVID-19 patient undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science (BPKIHS) died on Thursday night.

DHARAN, July 7: Medics working on the frontline amid the COVID-19 pandemic staged demonstration demanding security at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science, Dharan on Tuesday.

ITAHARI, March 29: As per the federal government's decision to test COVID-19 in each state, Province  1 has started testing throat swab to find whether a person is contracted with COVID-19.

DHARAN, Feb 25: Following an agreement with the administration of the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), doctors and staffers who were preparing to stage a protest to press various demands including a pay hike have called off their protest.

DHARAN, Jan 10: Though the 43rd senate meeting of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) is taking place today, the faculty doctors at the institute have continued their protests at the institute presenting their demands.

DHARAN, Jan 4: BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has started investigation after an officer of its electrical engineering department allegedly collected electricity tariff from the businesses on the premises of the institute.

DHARAN, Dec 18: The CIAA has registered a corruption case at the Special Court against four persons including Tul Bahadur Shrestha, former registrar at Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS).

DHARAN, Nov 9: The 43rd senate meeting of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) has been cancelled after Health Minister Upendra Yadav exerted pressure on acting vice-chancellor of BPKIHS, Dr Guru Khanal, to recommend Dr BN Yadav, the minister's son's to-be father-in-law, for the post of registrar.

DHARAN, Oct 22: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has sent a letter to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) to direct doctors to stop prescribing food supplements unnecessarily to patients.

DHARAN, Oct 20: Doctors at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) have been found prescribing patients with unnecessary medicines and unregistered food supplements that cost much more than the government-approved medicines.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Sunday filed a corruption case against three individuals including BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) Vice-chancellor Dr Raj Kumar Rauniyar on the charge of receiving bribe from a contractor. The other accused dragged to the court include Ramhari Rauniyar and Sushil Kumar Jha.

KATHMANDU, July 16: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Monday filed a case against six officials of the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) including its former vice-chancellor Bal Bhadra Prasad Das and two suppliers at the Special Court on charges of corruption.