Diseases in Nepal are influenced by several factors including the lifestyle, food, environment, economic status of people, healthcare facilities, level of awareness, heredity, social condition, and so on. Over a period of a decade, diseases have been discovered, treated,...
Read moreThe medical procedure, organ transplantation has been able to save lives in patients with end-stage organ failure and improve the quality of life. Organ transplantation has been done from living and brain-dead donors. The transplantation of organs like kidneys, lungs, heart,...
Read moreThe CoViD-19 pandemic is a global health crisis and is a great challenge across the world. Nepal, being highly vulnerable to this pandemic, getting vaccinated is the only solution to the current CoViD-19 crisis. With CoViD-19 shots, studies have reported vaccines are safe and...
Read moreCoronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a virus, namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome- 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The disease emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, and the condition was declared as pandemic on March 11th, 2020 AD by...
Read moreCOVID-19 Insurance policy was introduced in Nepal on 19th April 2020 by the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Nepal (Beema Samiti). The COVID19 policy can be sold through a non-life microinsurance pool and can be bought using an online payment system. The government has taken...
Read moreThere are total 61 PCR labs for COVID-19 testing in Nepal approved by National Public Health Laboratory(NPHL). It is present in all five provinces and among them 19 are private labs whereas rest are government operated. The price for PCR testing is fixed by...
Read moreAfter COVID-19, cases were not seen raised in Nepal during the first outbreak. It could be due to the negligence of the importance of nationwide testing or some other reason. As we see now cases are spiking again in major parts in Nepal, and fears of second waves are...
Read more‘Whole Body Check-up’ is popular among the people nowadays as it is heard by many. It's a good thing that people have now become conscious about their health. Whole body check-up or Full body check-up are packages of tests done for screening or to find out any...
Read moreNepal is still one of the least urbanized countries in Asia, but it is also one of the fastest growing. Kathmandu is also considered one of the most polluted cities in Asia. How did things get so bad in this potentially lovely city and what’s being done to turn the...
Read moreNeurosurgery or neurology is an important branch of medicine that deals with the study of the nervous systems like the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. The disease of the brain may occur when the patient has trauma due to road traffic accidents, falls, or other violence. Head...
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