A government-appointed task force led by Dr. Pradeep KC will draft a three-month action plan to resolve raw material shortages and ramp up medicine production at Singha Durbar Vaidya Khana.
A proposed amendment to reproductive health laws would expand paid maternity leave to six months and paternity leave to 42 days across public and private sectors.
Postgraduate resident doctors at Birgunj's National Medical College and Teaching Hospital have demonstrated outside the gates after management barred them from entering and ordered them to vacate their hostels.
Cardiologists warn that people under 45 now make up a significant portion of heart attack admissions in Nepal, driven by sedentary lifestyles, tobacco use, and delayed medical intervention.
Health and Food Hygiene Minister Nisha Mehta has presented four major healthcare bills in parliament, proposing six months of paid maternity leave, stricter penalties for attacks on health workers, and updated breast milk substitute regulations.
The House of Representatives has unanimously endorsed the preliminary proposal for the Ramraja Prasad Singh Institute of Health Sciences Bill, advancing plans for a major medical academy in Madhesh Province.
