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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. advertisement 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. ....
COVID-19 Wave II: Where will Nepal go? My Republica Nepal, May 12 With South Asia becoming the center of the Corona pandemic in recent times, Nepal has reached a position where the daily positivity is very high not only in this region but also in the world. Past experience and inability to learn from the rest of the world is the biggest weakness and mistake of Nepal. The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal was confirmed on 23 January 2020. It was also the first recorded case of COVID-19 in South Asia. Nepal reported its first COVID-19 death on May 16, 2020. The death rate from COVID-19 was high in September and October last year in Nepal during the first wave of the viral disease. Nepal is a landlocked country situated between China and India in South Asia. China lies to the northern side of Nepal surrounded by high mountains and no open border. Nepal is surrounded by India from the east, south and west. The two countries have an open border ....
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 Email 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. ....