Oxygen shortage stalls operation of Bir Hospital’s new building
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15 May
‘Media unprepared for crisis reporting, requires crisis management plan’
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
– Pabitra Guragain Media expert Prof Ram Krishna Regmee has said media are found unprepared for safe reporting during the public health crisis resulted in from pandemic. “We were supposed to learn
2021-05-15 07:29 PM
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15 May
RPP general convention postponed
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has postponed its general convention. The general convention was scheduled to be held from coming June 5. A meeting held today with the presence of Chairs trio Pa
2021-05-15 07:10 PM
Number: 21 Word Count: 91
15 May
JSP’s executive committee meeting not called: Thakur
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) chairperson Mahantha Thakur has said the party has not called any meeting of its executive committee. Expressing ire at the call of executive committee meeting by anothe
2021-05-15 06:51 PM
Number: 20 Word Count: 93
15 May
NSL: Kathmandu leads in half time
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
Kathmandu Rayzrs leads Dhangadhi FC by 1-0 at half time in the final of the Nepal Super League football championship underway at Dasarath stadium. Kathmandu opened the scoring with a goal from Messou
2021-05-15 06:30 PM
Number: 19 Word Count: 60
15 May
Ministry urges people to submit oxygen cylinders to hospitals, administration
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The Ministry of Health and Population has urged one and all not to store the oxygen cylinders at homes without recommendation from medical practitioners. Issuing a notice today, Ministry’s Assistant
2021-05-15 06:22 PM
Number: 18 Word Count: 73
15 May
COVID-19: 8167 new cases with 5,455 recovered
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
A total of 8,167 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours in the country. This was revealed in a total of 18,548 tests including 17,971 RT-PCR tests and 577 Antigen tests done in
2021-05-15 05:50 PM
Number: 17 Word Count: 208
15 May
KMC signs agreements with seven hospitals to buttress treatment services
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has signed agreement with different seven hospitals in the capital today. The KMC reached agreement with these hospitals in view of helping them in the battle aga
2021-05-15 04:37 PM
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15 May
Government bringing oxygen cylinders from Oman, China
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is bringing oxygen cylinders from Beijing, the capital of China and Muscat, the capital of Oman. The NAC A-330 wide body left for Muscat thi
2021-05-15 04:22 PM
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15 May
All agencies swing into action in fight against Covid-19 with formation of new government
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
(Prakash Silwal) Government all ministries, bodies and sectors have started becoming more active in the fight against the deadly second wave of Covid-19 pandemic with the formation of new government
2021-05-15 04:08 PM
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15 May
NC Doti lends its building to run Covid hospital
Doti, May 15 (RSS):
The Nepali Congress (NC) Doti has decided to let the BP Memorial Building on the office premises to use as a temporary Covid-19 health facility. The decision follows the surging cases of the virus in
2021-05-15 03:42 PM
Number: 13 Word Count: 97
15 May
Foreign tourists confined in Manang villages amidst Covid-19 pandemic
Manang, May 15 (RSS):
(Nabin Lamichhane) Foreign tourists are left stranded in Manang as the movement of people has been restricted at almost all villages in view of the surging cases of Covid-19. The Annapurna Circuit
2021-05-15 03:00 PM
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15 May
NC President sends medical stuffs to his home district
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has dispatched medical supplies to his home district Dadeldhura. The medical goods were handed over to chief district officer Har
2021-05-15 01:58 PM
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15 May
Oxygen shortage stalls operation of Bir Hospital’s new building
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The Bir Hospital is unable to use its new hospital bock due to the shortage of medical oxygen. Although the government decided to use the New Surgical Building for the treatment of Covid-19 patients,
2021-05-15 01:51 PM
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15 May
Media expert Regmee highlights need of health safety guideline for journalists
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The role of media is more crucial during public health crisis than in normal times. At a virtual discussion on the ‘practice of safe journalism during crisis’ organised by the Federation of Nepali Jo
2021-05-15 01:44 PM
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15 May
RSS journo Bhandari bereaved of father
Jhapa, May 15 (RSS):
Rastriya Samchar Samiti (RSS) Jhapa office chief Chandrakala Bhandari is bereaved of her father. Her father 95-year old Lok Bahadur Bhandari, died this morning at his own residence in Mangsebung Rura
2021-05-15 01:01 PM
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15 May
NWC forms committee for rescuing women, children during prohibition
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The National Women Commission (NWC) has formed a high-level committee for the prompt rescue, relief and medical treatment of women and children subjected to gender violence during the prohibitory orde
2021-05-15 12:53 PM
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15 May
Thailand donates 17 oxygen concentrators
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
Thailand has provided 17 units of oxygen concentrator to Nepal to help in its fight against the second wave of Covid-19. These equipment were provided by the Thai people through the Thai Monastery of
2021-05-15 12:10 PM
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15 May
Banke reports five more Covid-19 deaths
Banke, May 15 (RSS):
Five more Covid-19 infected people have died in Banke district in the past 24 hours. With this, the death toll from the infection in the district has hit 404 (229 deaths from the district and 175 from
2021-05-15 10:43 AM
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15 May
Nepal Korea Friendship Municipality Hospital produces oxygen
Bhaktapur, May 15 (RSS):
Nepal Korea Friendship Municipality Hospital has started production of oxygen. An oxygen plant set up at the hospital with the help of Madyapur Thimi Municipality at the cost of Rs 6.5 million has pro
2021-05-15 09:05 AM
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15 May
Prohibitory order in Jajarkot extended by two more weeks
Jajarkot, May 15 (RSS):
The prohibitory order in Jajarkot district has been extended by two more weeks until 29 May. This is in view of increasing Covid-19 infection rate, said Chief District Officer Prem Devkota. So far, th
2021-05-15 08:23 AM
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15 May
Oxygen cylinders provided to ward-level isolation facility
Kathmandu, May 15 (RSS):
The Chandragiri Municipality-8 has been provided oxygen gas cylinders for an isolation ward coming into operation at the local Matatirtha Hospital from today. According to ward chair Santosh Khadka, t
2021-05-15 08:16 AM
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15 May
Prohibitory order extended in Surkhet
Karnali, May 15
(RSS): The duration of prohibitory order against the second wave of Covid-19 has been extended by two weeks in Surkhet, the capital of Karnali Province. The prohibitory order has been extended till
2021-05-15 07:45 AM
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Oxygen shortage stalls operation of Bir Hospital’s new building
The Bir Hospital is unable to use its new hospital bock due to the shortage of medical oxygen. Although the government decided to use the New Surgical Building for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, the new surgical block has not yet been operated due to the oxygen shortage. Hospital director Dr Shanta Sapkota said even though preparations were made for using the new building for treating the Covid-19 patients as directed by the government, they have not been able to run the Covid hospital from the new building as they could not get the oxygen. There is demand for 15 thousand oxygen cylinders per day while only 7,200 cylinders are produced in the country at present. “We had made all preparations for keeping the patients in the new building but had to stop it for lack of oxygen,” she said, adding that the Covid-19 patients need oxygen and there is no oxygen. So, they could not keep the patients in the new building without arranging for oxygen. Dr Sapkota said at least 600 oxygen cylinders were needed for operating the new hospital for Covid-19 patients. She added that efforts were on to manage the oxygen and the patients would be kept at the new facility once oxygen is available. Originally, the plan was to keep 100 to 300 beds in the new building. It has 500 beds.
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