Treatment atTU Teaching Hospital (IOM)

 

Photo Credit: Krish Dulal (Wikimedia Commons)

TU teaching hospital (IOM), established in 1982 with the support of JICA, is a well known public hospital in Nepal with 663-bed facility. It is the premier medication institute of Nepal.  Tribhuwan university hospital is the largest hospital in country providing tertiary-level health service. The hospital is the site of teaching and research activities of IOM ( Institute of Medicine).

When visiting TUTH for treatment or diagnosis, we need to purchase a ticket. It costs NRS 60 for new patients and NRS 30 for the old ones now. For morning session we can take tokens (we need to take tokens first and wait for our turn for the tickets) from 8:15 am onwards. They sell tickets from 9 am till 11 am for the morning session. There are separate windows for old and new patients, it is mentioned on your token which window you should visit.

Now we can also purchase the ticket online to avoid the hassle of waiting in line for a long time. Google the link for online tickets of TU Teaching Hospital. 

For Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery there's a separate department called Ganesh Man Singh Center for Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery. We can get tickets for ENT in this department. So, ENT patients should directly visit this building, not the main ticket counter. Ganesh Man Singh Center is behind the main ticket counter building.

For Dental patients Dental building is near the main gate of the TUTH. They start selling tickets one hour later than other departments.

In order to get tokens we need to ask the guard or other staff over there. They'll hand us a tokens asking our problems and we then need to wait for our turn.

There's a Counter of HImalayan Bank in the main ticket counter buildling marked number 100 where we need to pay the charges of Stool, Urine and other costs of the  pathology lab. If you're told to go to 100 just remember the Himalayan Bank Counter near main entrance of main ticket selling building.

In TUTH if you are referred to LAB for stool, blood and urine test, which in most cases you will be, it will take time. In my personal experience they had asked me to come after 20 days for stool and urine test. So, I had to go to the private hospital to get it sooner.

Even in the Dental department, when I had visited they said that their X-ray machine was out of order, hence my Dentist recommended me to visit Norvic Hospital for X-ray. I was having excruciating toothache so I decided to go to a private dental hospital in the city, where they did everything in one day, and my toothache was gone after first RCT.

TUTH is definitely a good hospital but due to high patient flow and maybe due to lack of proper management, patients are made to wait for fairly long period of time, which is doubly painful for those patients who are visiting the hospital from outside the valley and have no place to stay in Kathmandu.

Narayanhiti Palace Museum

 

Photo credit:Suraj Belbase 

Narayanhiti Palace Museum was the residence and workplace of reigning monarch of Kingdom of Nepal.It was built in 1961 by King Mahendra. Architect of this grand palace was Benjamin Polk based in California. After 2006 revolution it was turned into public museum.

This palace complex showcases courtyards, gardens, taxidermy heads of tiger, deer, Arna Buffalo (Bubalus Arnee) tiger and other wild animals' skin, and different rooms used by the monarchs for various purposes. Before the entry fee to visit the museum used to be NRS 100 for Nepalese. For foreigners it's higher and South Asians are entitled to some discount. Now museum visitors can see Shree Sadan too which was previously unavailable so the entry fee is NRS 200 for Nepalese. Shree Sadan is three-storied and  King Birendra's family home. 

However, as per traditions crown prince needed to stay separately from parents as he turned 18, so crown prince Dipendra did not live in Shree Sadan. He actually lived in Tribhuwan Sadan, where royal massacre took place in 2001 and Tribhuwan Sadan was later demolished. We can still see the debris over there. As a matter of fact, Shree Sadan is built by King Birendra himself after he moved out of his father's home. 

On the way to Shree Sadan we can see a plane,  a helicopter  and expensive bullet-proof Mercedes and other cars used by ex-royals. There's also a car gifted by Adolf Hitler himself. 

NARAYANHITI PALACE WEBSITE states that it's closed on Tuesday. It opens on Wednesday through Monday from 11am onwards till 4pm.

There will be museum staff to guide us and they also ensure the safety of the things that are there. Put aside at least one and half hour to see everything that's there and probably more depending on how deeply you want to observe things. Narayanhiti Palace Museum has got a high rating on Tripadvisor too.

There's also a washroom there which visitors can use, in the garden area behind the main palace building and resting benches for old age people.

A detail account of Ex-Prince Paras Shah's heart-attack.

By Sunil Khadka

Last 22nd Mangshir, how can I forget that day? One of my Nepalese friend called me and said "Ex-prince is chased by someone, please rescue him." I haven't had any interaction with prince before. Though I also used to live in Bangkok, but I have never seen him. He being Ex-Prince and more importantly a Nepali citizen, I thought it was my responsibility to help him.

Ex-Prince Paras used to live in an apartment of Bangkok. There, some newly introduced 'suspicious' foreigners assaulted inside his apartment. He left that apartment due to insecurity after that and went to live in a hotel of Phuket. Even there he felt insecure. Some foreigners with suspicious nature used to come to introduce and meet him. Moreover, he felt like some such people following/chasing him constantly. 

And one day while staying in hotel, he found somebody following him and he called some Nepalese he knew. Then, 3 Nepalese went there, put him in their car and took him to another place. Another vehicle was still following him from behind. Then one panicked Nepalese (friend of mine) called me very fearfully. I decided to help him and called them at the parking near my house. They came in full speed. Hurriedly I put Paras into my car. And I sped the car at the speed of 145kph. That was like flying not like driving. For a while, we had seen a vehicle following us. But I confused that and move ahead. I kept on driving my car for long on the open highway and after driving around 200km, I felt like we are now saved and took a deep breath.

Japanese professor Hirono's advices to Nepal.

Prepare a long term vision first.
Interviewed by Yogesh Pokhrel.

Professor Ryokichi Hirono is the Professor Emeritus at the Keikei University, Japan. He holds various public positions at home and abroad, including membership on the central Environment Council of Tokyo, Japan, the International and Editorial Advisory Board of the Singapore Economic Review, and the Journal of Human Development, New York.

 Besides, he is also associated with various foundations and research institutes in Japan and overseas. Prof. Hirono has been active in assisting the work of many international organisations as expert and consultant and now serving as senior programme advisor at the United Nations University. Yogesh Pokharel of The Rising Nepal had an opportunity to talk to Prof Hirono on various issues of his expertise including economic, development, policy making and environment among others during his recent visit to Nepal. Excerpts:

5 biggest recent lies in Nepal

 If the responsible body, media houses and business houses makes a serious mistake that's a bit weird. Here are 5 remarkable recent lies in Nepal.

1) NEW CONSTITUTION WILL COME IN 2 YEARS

     Though Nepalese people are quite accustomed with the lies from the political leaders, this is the biggest lie of them all. Political parties had promised to draft a new constitution within 2 years of CA election, which was held on April 10, 2008. Parliament was extended four times, many prime ministers changed in the nation, still constitution was not drafted ridiculously. And politicians from all parties had spoke lots of craps during that period.

HARD-TRUTH of job-market of Nepal.

REALITY CHECK

Less vacancies, (way) more applicants.

EDUCATION SERVICE COMMISSION
Vacant positions:-7,258
Applicants:-4,78,853

NEPAL TELECOM
Vacant Positions:- 32
Applicants:- 12,000

Top 5 trekking-spots of Nepal.

1) Langtang Trekking

Trekking includes, Langtang valley, Gosainkund lakes, Helambu valley, Langtang national Park, ice flutes of Gyangchempo, Trisuli River, Trasuli Bazzar, Dhunche, Syabrubensi, Sherpa village located at the edge of the Langtang National Park, Oak and Rhododendron forests, glacial moraine, Tamang valley, Kyangin Gompa (Yak cheese is found here), Nubamatang, Syabru, till the Gateway of Tibet
(Backtracking) Sing Gompa (where Gosainkund is located), Llaurebena Pass (4610m), Helambu Valley, Gul Bhanjyang .

Top 10 cities of Nepal.

1. KATHMANDU
   
   Population:-1,006,656
   Kathmandu DistrictBagmati Zone