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➤The good doctor

• (Published in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 1, 2016)

Genuine demands should be fulfilled and debatable ones should be discussed further

Dec 1, 2016- Prof Dr Govind KC has carried out nine hunger strikes in the last four years to press for quality medical education and protest against the profiteering in the medical education sector and the policy regarding the establishment of new medical colleges. >>>>

➤All in the heart

• (Published in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 8, 2014)
• Dr Kumud Dhital’s successful transplantation of a dead heart must spur development in Nepal’s health and research sectors

Nov 8, 2014-Fifty-seven-year-old Michelle Gribilas and 40-year-old Jan Damen, both from Sydney, were among the first patients to receive the transplantation of a dead heart. This transplant procedure was performed by Dr Kumud Dhital, a Nepali doctor working as an associate professor at the St Vincent Hospital and as a researcher at Victor Chang Heart Institute in Sydney, Australia. >>>>>

➤Hospital emergency

• (Published in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 13, 2014)
• The ongoing strike at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences is detrimental to the long-term health of the institution

Oct 13, 2014-On September 9, On the 101st birth anniversary of the late Bisheshwar Prasad Koirala, the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) celebrated its 21st anniversary. BPKIHS is one of the leading medical institutes in the country and it provides excellent health services to almost 1,500 patients from Nepal and India every day. >>>>>