KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has pointed out the need to expand 'Poison Information Centre' service to local level.

KATHMANDU, April 19: President Ram Chandra Paudel has been taken to the Indian capital New Delhi for further medical treatment.

KATHMANDU, June 29: The Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) has decided to continue providing health insurance coverage. The hospital’s Information Officer Ram Bikram Adhikari said in a press release that it has been decided to continue health insurance.

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist) has been admitted to TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj following some health complication on Wednesday evening.

KATHMANDU, August 1: In an alarming case, all beds at the Intensive Care Units (ICUs), High Dependency Units (HDUs), emergencies and wards of the hospitals in Kathmandu are once again full with COVID-19 patients once again.

KATHMANDU, May 6: Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) has added 140 dedicated beds in its new building for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: An Account officer serving at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for more than 20 years passed away on Tuesday after he failed to get an ICU bed at the same hospital.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The government has urged senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC to withdraw his 19th hunger strike.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: As the government failed to reach an agreement with representatives of Dr Govinda KC, the Nepal Medical Association is preparing to unveil a series of nationwide protest programs in a bid to exert pressure on the government to fulfill Dr KC’s demand.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Resident doctors of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Maharajgunj on Monday held a protest rally in the capital city expressing solidarity with senior orthopaedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC.

TUTH staffer dies of COVID-19

September 29, 2020 13:01 pm

KATHMANDU, Sep 29: A staffer of the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) died of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 on Tuesday morning.

NHRC requests govt to save Dr KC’s life

September 25, 2020 16:50 pm

KATHMANDU, Sep 25: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has requested the government to save the life of senior orthopedic surgeon and anti-corruption crusader Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging hunger strikes demanding reforms in the country’s health sector.

KATHMANDU, July 15: The Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu has donated two fully-equipped ambulances to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Maharajgunj, on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 18: After a six-year-old girl – admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) – tested positive for coronavirus last week, landlords have not allowed more than 20 medics and health care workers of the hospital to enter their rented rooms.

KATHMANDU, April 16: Metropolitan Police Office has decided to relieve Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Umesh Lamsal, who headed Metropolitan Police Circle Office, Maharajgunj, from his duty over his alleged involvement in beating up three doctors at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, on Wednesday evening.

PM Oli discharged from hospital

March 27, 2020 20:12 pm

KATHMANDU, March 27: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli who had been admitted to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital last night has been discharged today evening.

KATHMANDU, March 11: Samikshya Sangraula, who donated her kidney to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, has been discharged from Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital today.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been helped with walking and solid food has been started to be given to him from today, the third day since he underwent a renal transplant.

KATHMANDU, March 4: The health condition of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Samikshya Sangraula, who donated one of her kidneys to PM Oli, is stable, doctors involved in the prime minister's kidney transplant surgery said.

KATHMANDU, March 4: Cabinet ministers, members of parliament, Nepal Communist Party leaders and well-wishers reached Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to enquire about the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's health condition on Wednesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, March 4: Prime Minister KP Oli underwent a successful kidney transplant on Wednesday at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu, doctors said. Samikshya Sangraula donated kidney to the prime minister.

PM’s kidney transplant today

March 4, 2020 07:38 am

KATHMANDU, Mar 4: Prime Minister KP Oli is undergoing a second kidney transplant on Wednesday, at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH).

KATHMANDU, March 14: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attended a programme held at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on the occasion of World Kidney Day this morning.

SIRAHA, Dec 11:  Known for his crusade for reforms in the country's medical education, senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC has conducted free health camps in poverty-stricken settlements in Siraha district. Dr KC who arrived here in Lahan on Sunday, provided free health check-up to the locals in two nearby settlements of poor and marginalized communities on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: An elderly man committed suicide inside the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj on Sunday night.

TUTH Director Mahara quits

July 20, 2018 18:03 pm

KATHMANDU, July 20: Director of TU Teaching Hospital Professor Dr Dipak Prakash Mahara has resigned his post on Friday.

Acting ED of TUTH resigns

July 20, 2018 12:32 pm

KATHMANDU, July 20: Professor Deepak Prakash Mahara, acting executive director of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital resigned from his post citing personal reasons. In course of his resignation, he clarified that his decision had no linkages with the ongoing protests of Dr. Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: Around 200 nurses have resigned from their jobs in the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital ( TUTH) in the past three years in pursuit of better opportunities and career abroad.

KATHMANDU, August 1: Residential doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital(TUTH) have made a decision to shun  the OPD services from Wednesday in protest of the government ’s cavalier attitude toward Dr Govinda KC’s demand for the overhaul of medical education system.

Ex-President Yadav admitted to TUTH

January 19, 2017 19:01 pm

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Former President Ram Baran Yadav has been admitted to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on Thursday following stomach ailments.

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: After the talks between the government and Dr Govinda KC's team ended inconclusively Tuesday, various medical organizations have threatened to launch stringent protests from Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: Resident doctors at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) have decided to boycott the out-patient department (OPD) services from Friday in a show of support for the ongoing hunger strike by Dr Govinda KC, a senior professor at the Institute of Medicine (IoM).

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Resident doctors at the Institute of Medicine (IoM) have decided to boycott Out-patient Department (OPD) service from Friday to exert pressure on the government to heed demands raised by Dr Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: All the resident doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) will boycott classroom activities from Sunday, in a show of support for the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: All the resident doctors at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on Wednesday expressed solidarity with the demands put forth by Dr Govinda KC and his demands.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Resident doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) have decided to boycott all the hospital services except emergency from Thursday.

TUTH docs' OPD boycott hits patients

October 5, 2016 00:00 am

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Hundreds of patients were affected after all resident doctors of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Maharajgunj, Kathmandu boycotted Out Patient Department (OPD) services from Tuesday in support of the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC, a senior professor at the Institute of Medicine.

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Resident doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) are all set to boycott the out-patient department (OPD) from Tuesday, in support of the hunger strike staged by Dr Govinda KC, senior professor at the Institute of Medicine (IoM).

KATHMANDU, Sept 27:  A woman injured in Dhading bus accident has succumbed to injuries at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on Tuesday afternoon.

Kidney patient jumps to his death at TUTH

September 6, 2016 20:30 pm

KATHMANDU, Sept 6: A renal patient, who was undergoing dialysis at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) reportedly committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of the hospital on Monday night.

KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Bir Hospital renovated its VVIP cabin spending around Rs 3 million some two years, but the VVIPs go to hospitals abroad even for general checkups and minor treatment, incurring millions in costs to the state coffers..

KATHMANDU, July 16: The Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) administration on Friday formed a medical team to attend to Dr Govinda KC following pressure from various quarters including medical students, civil society members and human rights activists.

KATHMANDU, July 15: The Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) administration on Thursday said that it has been awaiting approval from the District Administration Office (DAO) for forming a medical team to provide care to Dr Govinda KC, who is on a fast-unto-death on the hospital premises for the past five days.

KATHMANDU, July 13: Students pursuing MBBS and higher degree under the Institute of Medicine (IOM) warned the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) administration not to overlook the deteriorating health condition of Dr Govinda KC, who is on a fast-unto-death since Sunday evening.

TUTH resident docs side with Dr KC

July 12, 2016 01:10 am

KATHMANDU, JULY 12: Nepal Resident Doctors Association at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on Monday expressed its solidarity with the ongoing hunger-strike staged by TUTH professor and senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC.