Nepal Supreme Court refuses to issue interim order on oath taken by PM Oli
Nepal Supreme Court refuses to issue interim order on oath taken by PM Oli
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions against the controversial oath taken by Nepal PM KP Oli.
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UPDATED: May 19, 2021 07:08 IST
The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions on the issue of PM Oli’s oath. (File Photo)
In a temporary relief for Nepal s embattled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions against his controversial oath-taking and reappointment of the seven ministers who are not lawmakers.
Surging caseloads, spiking mortality rates, and supply shortages threaten one of India’s neighbouring nations.
By Ben Weissenbach
13 May 2021, 12:35 BST
Nepalese paramedics treat a COVID-19 patient outside an emergency ward of a government run hospital in Kathmandu.
Photograph by Niranjan Shrestha, AP Images
Just before midnight on Sunday, Anup Bastola chief consultant for Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, lead doctor at Sukraraj Hospital in Kathmandu, and the man who identified Nepal’s first-ever COVID-19 patient a year ago felt, for the first time in his career, completely helpless.
Sukraraj transformed on Sunday from an overloaded hospital into a nightmare of triage. Bastola arrived home from duty only to learn that six more patients were failing six more for whom he could not find ventilators or ICU beds.
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COVID-19 spirals out of control in Nepal: ‘Every emergency room is full now’
Surging caseloads, spiking mortality rates, and supply shortages threaten one of India’s neighboring nations.
ByBen Weissenbach
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Just before midnight on Sunday, Anup Bastola chief consultant for Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, lead doctor at Sukraraj Hospital in Kathmandu, and the man who identified Nepal’s first-ever COVID-19 patient a year ago felt, for the first time in his career, completely helpless.
Sukraraj transformed Sunday from an overloaded hospital into a nightmare of triage. Bastola arrived home from duty only to learn that six more patients were failing six more for whom he could not find ventilators or ICU beds.
Nepal reeling from second wave of coronavirus
He appealed to people to remain in home isolation if they test positive for COVID-19 and to visit hospitals only in emergency situations.
Many hospitals in the Himalayan nation are overflowing with COVID-19 patients and there aren t enough beds, essential medicines and health equipment.
There s also a severe shortage of medical oxygen, which is a critical resource for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. To overcome the shortage, Gautam said, Nepal is trying to import oxygen cylinders from China through a government-to-government agreement.
Nepal has only 1,595 ICU beds and 480 ventilators for its almost 30 million people, according to an official COVID response plan officials came up with in May 2020. The country has only 0.7 doctors per 100,000, according to the report.