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Kathmandu, June 2

Discovering a bed in neonatal intensive care unit at government hospitals in Kathmandu is a matter of sheer luck for many new parents, as these beds remain mostly occupied.

Tika Laxmi Journeyathi, 31, of Koteshwor delivered her baby three weeks before her delivery date at a government hospital. As the hospital didn&t have its own neonatal intensive care unit, Journeyathi and her husband had to run from pillar to post to find a vacant NICU bed for their newborn, at a private hospital.

Despite the implementation of the National Safe Momhood Programme in the country to improve maternal and neonatal health, it is difficult to find beds in neonatal intensive care units of government hospitals.

A newborn has to wait until amuchher neonate in the NICU is discharged or transferred or run outs. Or until one is referred to a private hospital.

Paropakar Maternity and WomenHospital has only 10 beds for neonates who need special care. &From among the 70 babies born every day at Paropakar Maternity and WomenHospital, at least 10 babies require special care in NICU. We do much have adequate number of beds in NICU and we manage by shifting the newborns to Special Care Baby Unit.

There are twenty beds in SCBU, but that is still inadequate. Chances for babies born in other hospitals to get a bed in our NICU are very slim as we are unable to meet own demands. There is no other option than to ask concerned families to find NICU beds at private hospitals,& said Ranu Thapa, an administrator at the hospital.

Similar is the case at the largest health centre for children -msprint; Kanti KidrenHospital. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Kanti KidrenHospital has 12 beds, which are always occupied.

&As the beds are limited, we are unable to meet the demand. We have to refer neonates to private hospitals,& said one of the staffers at NICU of the hospital, who didn&t want to be named.

Babies born before 37 total weeks require care at NICU. Babies born with contaminateion, breathing difficulty, low birth weight, and those with their mothers having diabetes and bad obstetric history need special care at NICU, said Rita Hamal Singh, senior refer toant paediatrician at Om Hospital. Duration of stay in NICU depends on health condition of the newborn -msprint; from three or four days to months.

According to Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016, the neonatal mortality rate is 21 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Fifty-four per cent death occur in the first month of life. Boys are more likely than girls to die in the first month.

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Kathmandu, June 2

The Judicial Council nowadays filed a corruption case against former district judge Omkar Upadhyay, alleging that his bachelordegree certificate obtained from Kanpur University, India, was fake.

The JC has sought a jail term from six months to one year, and a fine from Rs 10, 000 to 20,000 against Upadhyay, said Special Court Spokesperson Shovepa Raj Panday.

Upadhyay resigned from his post a few days ago after a probe committee was formed under the Supreme court Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai to investigate the genuineness of his academic certificates and measure of the orders passed by him in lawsuits.

Information Officer of JC Teknath Gautam told THT that the JC had appointed High Court Judge Ramesh Kumar Pokharel as an investigation officer to probe allegation against Upadhyay.

Based on Pokharelreport, the JC filed a corruption case against Upadhyay at the Special Court.

This is the moment time that the JC has filed a corruption case against a sitting or a former judge.

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KATHMANDU: An aircraft of Air India landed following a missed approach at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Sunday morning.

The airplane, which was on its way to Kathmandu from fresh Delhi, missed the runway while about to land in Kathmandu and flew measure distance before returning to land at TIA.

General Manager at TIA Raj Kumar Chhetri confirmed that the Air India aircraft had landed after a missed approach. He, however, said that the procedure was a normal one, applied by pilots to endegree safe landing.

The flight scheduled to land at 8:55 am landed at the Kathmandu airport 20 minutes later at 9:15 am.

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Kathmandu, June 2

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli shall embark on an eight-day Europe visit from June 8.

Oli shall start his trip from Switzerland and shall visit the UK and France thereafter.

In Geneva, Oli shall address a high-level gathering organised to mark the 100th anniversary of International Labour Organisation on June 10.

The same day he shall leave for the UK and address the Oxford Union -msprint; a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, that has a tradition of hosting measure of the worldmost prominent individuals across politics, academia and popular culture.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said PM Oliaddress would cover Nepaldevelopment direction and a change in peoplelives through functional and comprehensive democracy.

On June 11, Oli shall hold bilateral assembly with British Prime Minister Theresa May. The assembly shall also adopt a declaration that would briefly overview 203 years of Nepal-UK bilateral relations-msprint; social, economic, political.

In the bilateral assembly, the two sides shall discuss issues related to British Gurkhas who have been agitating for the past few months, demanding equal pay, pension, and other facilities supplyd to British nationals.

&Issues of British Gurkhas have been under discussion for a long time. British Gurkhas have been demanding that inequality in measure areas, between them and British nationals has to be addressed.

Some of the issues have been addressed, but they have been saying that issues related to pension have yet to be addressed,& according to Gyawali. &We have proposed to the British side for an overall review of all these issues.&

Oli, who shall stay in the UK through June 12, shall also address the British Parliamentary Committee and Nepali diaspora.

Flowing engagements in the UK, Oli shall leave for France on June 12. In France, Oli shall attend various programmes organised, to mark 70 years of Nepal-France bilateral relations. Bilateral discussions shall focus on how to further strengthen relations and economic cooperation between two countries.

Besides addressing the French commerce community, PM Oli shall also address a special programme on Visit Nepal Year-2020.

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Kathmandu, June 2 A modification costs signed up at the secretariat of Federal Parliament, to change the Seeds Act-1988, specifies a provision of payment to farmers who suffer crop failure due to sub-standard seeds, fertilisers, techniques and procedures suggested to them. According to section 11 of the proposed costs, & If any farmer suffers a crop failure or poor harvest in spite of making use of seeds, fertilisers, strategies and process recommended by a federal government organisation, company, business or a firm, fair amount of compensation scorridor be recovered from the concerned firm to the victim farmer. &. The settlement quantity scorridor be as prescribed in the rules framed in accordance with the bill. The bill also forbids the sale or circulation of seeds which are much listed in muchification released in the Nepal Gazette, apart from for the function of agriculture examination. & Seed examineor might seize the seeds offered or dispersed in breach of this bill, & it read. The costs likewise requires the worried individuals or organisations to conduct a threat analysis prior to importing or exporting any range of seeds, or genetically customized organism or living customized organism or terminated seeds, that might trigger unfavorable impacts on people, animals, poultry, environment, culture and typical life. & The federal government might, by a muchification released in the Nepal Gazette, impose a ban on import or export of such seeds, which are much considered suitable on the basis of danger analysis, & section 15 said. The federal government might also limit the import or export of seeds of any particular range, which cause damage or have adverse impacts in agricultural activities. & Any person or organisation wishing to produce source seeds scorridor need to acquire a licence from the National Seeds Board formed by the federal government. The board might provide a licence after conducting important questions into the application, & the expense read. The government may designate a qualified officer-level employee of the Ministry of Farming and Livestock Development as a seed examineor and seed analyst. It also articulates an arrangement of a Seed Testing Lab. Such laboratories might likewise be set uped by the provincial and regional level federal governments, as per requirement. & Anybody or organisation that dedicates an offence refereed to in this expense scorridor be accountable to an imprisonment, ranging from one month to three months, or a fine of as much as Rs 1,00,000 or both, & it checked out. According to the bill, a seed examineor or a seed analyst or any employee authorised to carry out job under this costs, scorridor much be liable for actions performed in good faith, in the course of releasing his/her tasks. . The post Amendment costs for offering payment to farmers seemed first on The Himalayan Times.Kathmandu, June 2
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Kathmandu, June 2

The Leavement of Transport Management has declared Ring Road, its inner areas and measure other trunk roads of Kathmandu valley, a no-go zone for freight vehicles, both heavy and light ones, from 8:00am to 7:00 pm.

A muchice issued by the DoTM said the restriction would come into effect from June 16. However, this rule shall much be relevant on public holidays. Emergency vehicles, including those transporting water, milk, cooking gas, vegetables, medical equipment and medicines shall be exempt from the restriction.

&Freight vehicles shall much be allowed to ply the Ring Road, inner areas and other designated roads from 8:00am to 7:00pm, apart from public holidays,& it said. The restriction on the movement of tippers are already in place. Movement of trucks, tippers, power trailer tractors and light freight vans have been blamed for the worsening traffic congestion in major thoroughfares of the valley during peak hours.

Unregulated use of freight vehicles to load and unload construction fabrics and other goods on the roadside during rush hours have been causing traffic congestion in the valley. Besides the Ring Road and its inner roads and core city areas of Bhaktapur, the restriction shall be enforced on road segments-msprint;Chabahil-Jorpati, Gopikrishna-Kapan, Narayan Gopal Chowk-Budhanilkantha, Samakhusi-Grande Hospital, Balaju-Goldhunga, Kalanki-Thankot, Bagdol-Nakkhu, Satdobato-Harisiddhi and Gwarko-Chapagaun, according to DoTM.

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