Nepal

Kathmandu, May 21

The number of people suffering from dust allergy is on the rise thanks to the roads filled with dust and smoke in Kathmandu valley.

The most common manifestation of dust allergy is rhinitis. Itching and redness of skin are also common. &People suffering from dust allergies have respiratory problems such as rhinitis, sinusitis and pharyngitis,& said Dr Khem Raj Bhusal, a refer toant physician at Green City Hospital, Basundhara.

Intotal construction work, industrial pollution and indoor air pollution are main causes of allergies in people, according to the doctor.

&Air pollution is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in many patients. COPD is increasing among non-smokers in the city. It is because of environmental pollution,& according to the doctor.

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Kathmandu, May 20

It has been more than a month since the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology directed Gandaki Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, Pokhara, to return the additional fees charged from students, but the college has much done so yet.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology had, on March 22, directed the college to return the additional fees charged from students after holding a assembly with students and medical colleges.

&We haven&t getd our fees back yet,& said Anit Sinha, an MBBS third year student of GMC.

Speaking over phone, Sinha said the college was seeking excuses for much returning the fees charged in the name of annual fee, library, transportation and field visits. &The college administration is pressuring us to withdraw the complaints filed at the District Administration Office, Kaski, and the district court as precondition for returning our money,& added Sinha.

During a assembly held with the students and the college administration at the ministry, MoEST had directed representatives of the ministry, college administration, Tribhuvan University and representatives of Nepal Medical Council to monitor the college and endegree that it returns the fees gathered from students illegally.

However, Nepal Medical Council claims that the ministry has much asked it to monitor the medical college. Kalu Singh Khatri, a member of NMC said the MoEST hadn&t sent any formal letter to the NMC. &NMC hasn&t carried out any examineion or monitoring of the medical college as there is no official order to do so,& Khatri added.

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KATHMANDU: The moment edition of Outdoor Adventure Middle (OAC) Mountain Festival is going to be held on June 3.

The festival is being organised by Outdoor Adventure Centre Nepal at GAA Hall of Bhagwan Bahal, Thamel, Kathmandu to welcome home all the mountaineers at the end of the spring climbing season to celebrate their success and reflect memories of their adventure, according to Sonam Jangbu Sherpa.

The gala social gathering shall help climbers to forget their difficult times on the mountain and appreciate the delight and success of their achievement while getting back to their normal lives.

The festival shall feature an OAC Obstacle Ccorridorenge, the presentation of photos and videos from expeditions, storytelling, an interaction session, food-drinks-music, and adventure film screening followed by live band performance by Shirshak Band, Sherpa added.

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Kathmandu, May 20

A nurse nowadays ended a 10-day starvation strike after the administration of Shahid Dharma Bhakta National Transplant Centre signed a 10-point agreement with nurses yesterday.

Diki Sherpa, a nurse at Shahid Dharma Bhakta National Transplant Centre, was staging starvation strike on the hospital premises demanding permanent status for contractual nurses in the hospital through internal examination process.

A deal was signed in a assembly held among Executive Director of SDBNTC Pukar Chandra Shrestha, Deputy Chief District Officer Tara Pokharel at District Administration Office, Bhaktapur; president of Nepal Nursing Association, members from Nepal Health Workers Employees Union and nurses of the centre.

After the agreement, Diki ended her starvation strike and other nurses have also withdrawn their sit-in protest.

According to the agreement, the hospital shall conduct an examination of technical subjects for its nurses and health workers as part of the process for granting them permanent status.

As per the agreement, the hospital may hire additional staffers through open competition in coordination with the Public Service Commission.

Other points in the agreement include set uping an Intensive Care Unit and Urology department in the hospital, ahead of the technical examination. The Leavement of Haematology and Cardiology shall be set uped later.

Staffers and health workers who are much able to seem in the examination due to age factor and other causes shall have their contract resumeed, continually.

While hiring additional staffers, the Public Service Commission shall help the hospital conduct the examination in a fair manner.

In the event that the Public Service Commission doesn&t supply help, a committee to carry out the task shall be formed. The Public Service Commission examination shall be held in November.

The hospital shall supply free health treatment to nurses who were injured during the protest, and release staffers and nurses who were arrested during the protest.

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