Health Sector

Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has said anomalies taking place in health sector would be controlled.

Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has said the government will take the responsibility of providing security to the doctors.

Seventy-eight projects have submitted the self-monitoring report (SMR) at the Department of Environment under the Ministry of Forests and Environment.

Dr Baikuntha Aryal has insisted on the collective efforts to reduce maternal mortality rate acknowledging that the government's sole measures are not sufficient.

A meeting was held between visiting Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet and the Secretary of State for Health of the UK Will Queens.

Minister Basnet has said if honest initiatives are forwarded, changes in the health sector are possible within a short time.

Uttam Joshi, has said the ministry focuses on policy making but not on contract and construction.

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said the government would invest in health research.

NA Chair Ganesh Prasad Timilsina and WHO regional director for South-East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, held a courtesy meeting today.