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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Of disciplined doctor & humanized treatment, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp 17/08/2008)

CA members forcing docs to compensate dead patients’ kin (kp 31/07/2008)

Sub-health post operating from cowshed, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 11/07/2008)

No bird flu in Nepal, says govt (ht 11/07/2008)

NMA to halt health services in Valley today (kp 09/07/2008), Doctors to strike nationwide: Patients left in lurch, many fuming (kp 10/07/2008), Doctors on strike nationwide (ht 10/07/2008), Doctors go on nationwide strike; Shah's family demands probe (nn 10/07/2008), NHRC expresses concern over hospital closure (nn), Unhealthy strike (kp 10/07/2008), Docs keep up protest: Ministry forms panel, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 11/07/2008), Doctors’ strike on till Sunday (ht 11/07/2008), Thousands of patients deprived of treatment as doctors keep up protest (nn 11/07/2008), Death in the Valley (ht 11/07/2008), Doctors end hospital strike (nn 11/07/2008), Docs withdraw protest after safety assurances (kp 12/07/2008), NMA calls off strike: Only after patients hit hard (ht 12/07/2008), Shah’s kin doubt they will get justice (ht 13/07/2008), Docs to change tactics (ht 13/07/2008)

Investment in health research stressed (kp 08/07/2008)

Doctor, Why Did He Die? by G. K. Pakavath (rn 07/07/2008)

Oral health in Nepal: Dental exhibition shows the ways and means (kp 05/07/2008)

Forensic lab to upgrade DNA test services (ht 26/06/2008)

Blood collection far below demand, by Ramesh Danekhu (kp 14/06/2008), Blood donation: Giving people the vital lifeline, by J Ghosh (ht 20/06/2008)

Trade And Health: Nepal’s Perspective, by Shanker Man Singh (ht 14/06/2008)

‘Majority female prisoners smoke’ (kp 14/06/2008)

Amendment could open way for kidney transplant in Nepal, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 11/06/2008)

30,000 afflicted by eye diseases in far west, by DR Panta (kp 08/06/2008)

‘Cervical cancer most common among women’ (kp 31/05/2008)

Medicos flay Foreign Employment Act provision (ht 29/05/2008)

Free health services elude Khotang folks (ht 25/05/2008)

Telemedicine? Mantras over phone do the trick (ht 21/05/2008)

Promote naturopathy: Experts (kp 05/05/2008)

18 VDCs, two municipalities prone to bird-flu (kp 05/05/2008)

Bird flu alert issued in east, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 29/04/2008), Nepal on flu alert, tests poultry on India border (Reuters 29/04/2008)

Narrowing health gap, by Rita Thapa (kp 27/04/2008)

Playing with lives : Politics of health aid, by Madhav Adhikari (ht 31/03/2008), Sickness In Health, by G. K. Pakavath (rn 31/03/2008)

Safe Water For Prevention Of Hepatitis E, by Upendra Bahadur Shrestha (rn 22/03/2008)

Virtual medicine, by Thomas Grotkjaer Nielsen (nt 21/03/2008)

Nepal joins Int’l Health Partnership, by Robert Timmons (kp 22/02/2008)

Born deaf enabled to hear (kp 21/02/2008)

Unhealthy practices (kp 20/02/2008)

Long hours endanger traffic cops’ health, by Baburam Kharel (kp 03/02/2008)

Burning tire bad for healthy persons too (kp 25/01/2008)

Free health service from today (kp 15/01/2008), Free health service still far cry (kp 06/02/2008), Free health services still largely unavailable, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 19/02/2008)

‘Blood transfusion safe in Nepal’ (kp 22/11/2007)

Diabetes becoming a serious public health problem in urban Nepal (nn 14/11/2007)

Health communication policy in offing (kp 09/11/2007)

Most top health posts vacant (kp 06/11/2007)

Nepal: Groundwater exploitation heightens health dangers (IRIN News 25/10/2007)

Family with Hepatitis B faces ostracism, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 12/10/2007)

Free health services from local health posts (nn 09/10/2007)

New technology to reset dislocated shoulder (kp 01/10/2007)

Epilepsy is curable: Doctors (kp 30/09/2007)

40,000 Nepalis suffer from heart disease (samn 30/09/2007)

Medical tests on top of Everest, by Kay Mitchell (BBC News 21/09/2007)

Free health service in offing: Minister (kp 15/09/2007)

Health workers announce nationwide strike (nn 26/08/2007)

Health Ministry transfers 350 staff, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 23/08/2007)

Child sans intestines fights for life, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 12/08/2007)

Carelessness Or Callousness: Number of teen population particularly girls with smoking habits is rising alarmingly, by Nirakar Poudel (sp 10/08/2007)

P'pines offers cheap & best medical education (kp 30/07/2007)

Public Health: Silent killer on the rise amid complacency, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 23/07/2007)

Disobedient medics may face govt action, by J Pandey (kp 08/07/2007)

New health policy unveiled (kp 06/07/2007)

Transfer politics hurts health service delivery, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/07/2007), Transfer politics (kp 03/07/2007)

Nepal polio-free country: WHO (samn 28/06/2007)

Govt to ensure adolescent-friendly health services (kp 18/06/2007)

Girls faint in classroom (kp 13/06/2007)

Water borne disease major health problem (samn 12/06/2007), Water Borne Disease a Major Health Problem in Nepal: Up to $2 billion is needed to improve conditions, according to a recent report, by Dambaru Ballab Kattel (on 12/06/2007)

Cutting congenital heart disease, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 09/06/2007)

World No Tobacco Day being observed (nn 31/05/2007)

‘Huge sums needed to ensure better health’ (kp 24/05/2007)

Capital facing acute shortage of blood (samn 24/05/2007)

UNFPA to deliver reproductive health service to conflict-affected people (nn 22/05/2007)

Health Minister Pokhrel meets WHO chief in Geneva (nn 21/05/2007)

Nippon Foundation chair expresses commitment to help Nepal fight leprosy (nn 18/05/2007)

High blood pressure on sharp rise, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 17/05/2007), Hypertension (kp 18/05/2007)

Minister Pokhrel informs WHA of government's achievements (nn 17/05/2007)

Cheaper medical treatment possible (kp 14/05/2007)

Ailing health service (kp 12/05/2007)

Indoor pollution ‘major health hazard’ (samn 09/05/2007)

Getting doctors to stay: Nepal’s health care system is crying out for change, by Mark Zimmerman (nt 04/05/2007)

World Health Day being celebrated (nn 07/04/2007)

MDG on TB control still a dream in Nepal (samn 24/03/2007)

Medical tests at the top of the world, by Rachael Buchanan (BBC News 13/03/2007)

Going viral: Until a vaccine is available, the only prevention against hepatitis E is safe drinking water, by Buddha Basnyat (nt 23/02/2007)

Sipadolis deprived of health facilities (samn 18/02/2007)

‘Privatisation’ in Nepal violates right to health, by Marty Logan (Dawn 15/02/2007)

Elephantiasis can be eliminated, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 31/01/2007)

80pc villagers infected with gingivitis (kp 30/01/2007)

Patient receives prescriptions via email, by Benup Raj Bhattarai (kp 28/01/2007)

Surgical therapy for drug addiction can kill: Experts, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 27/01/2007)

Life transfusion: Good dialysis facilities are important, but transplants even more so, by Jemima Sherpa (nt 19/01/2007)

Free health to poor in offing (kp 11/01/2007)

Mobile Health Camps: Serving The Needy Women, by Keshab Poudel (sp 15/12/2006)

DPM Sherchan speaks his mind (kp 13/12/2006)

Hill poor to get free health services (samn 22/11/2006)

Non-communicable diseases cause half of total deaths, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 15/11/2006)

Blood shortage hits Valley (samn 09/11/2006)

8th grader’s play-while-learn strategy attracts kids, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 08/11/2006)

Govt to execute 3-yrs health plans (samn 08/11/2006)

Bullet-hit girl awaits treatment (kp 29/10/2006)

Health risks due to climate change (samn 22/10/2006)

Bhaktapur faces acute blood shortage (samn 19/10/2006)

Nepal to be declared polio-free by 2008 (samn 15/10/2006)

Refractive error, by Y D Sapkota (kp 13/10/2006)

Vision problem with 21% urban schoolkids (samn 12/10/2006)

Pokhara sees acute blood shortage (samn 11/10/2006)

Nepali lab ready for Dengue test (nn 09/10/2006)

Nepali eye surgeon restores sight to tens of thousands (Peninsula 07/10/2006)

‘Kidney transplant center a must’ (kp 07/10/2006)

Two die after surgery, 6 critical (kp 06/10/2006)

Nepal seeks funds to fight against encephalitis (pd 01/10/2006)

Nepal: National health programmes reduce child deaths (Relief Web 27/09/2006)

7 go blind after cataract surgery (kp 27/09/2006)

Heart patients increasing significantly (nn 24/09/2006), Number of heart patients up five fold (samn 24/09/2006)

Cancer kills 15,000 every year in Nepal (pd 17/09/2006)

Non-communicable disease deaths rising (kp 13/09/2006)

Stir cripples education, health sector services, by Bedraj Poudel (kp 13/09/2006)

Iatrogenic deaths: Error or laxity? By Sanjana Dhungana-Dulal and Hari Bansha Dulal (kp 11/09/2006)

Stir hits health services in eastern region (kp 10/09/2006)

School closed for two days ‘Strange sight’ causes students to faint, by Prem Nepali (kp 07/09/2006), Foreboding felt as strange ‘illness’ hits 30 more, by Prem Nepali (kp 08/09/2006)

New health policy in offing, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 07/09/2006)

Health staff halt work (kp 18/08/2006), Strike cripples medical services (kp 19/08/2006), Health strike (kp 19/08/2006), Health workers call off strike (kp 21/08/2006)

Medicos preparing for Everest 'lab' (nn 16/08/2006), Medical team to study the body's response to low oxygen on Everest (Earth TImres 16/08/2006)

26,000 health workers to go on strike from Thursday, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 16/08/2006)

SAARC TB Activities: An Overview, by Balaram Chaulagain (rn 15/08/2006)

Govt for greater community health insurance, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 11/08/2006)

Bumrungrad’s office in Nepal (kp 05/08/2006), Health Tourism Kicks Off in Nepal: Bumrungrad International Hospital opens referral office, by Rajan Pokhrel (on 07/08/2006)

A Nepali ophthalmologist bags prestigious Magsaysay award (nn 31/07/2006), Ramon Magsaysay Award 2006 Announced: Sanduk Ruit becomes third Nepali to win prize, by Rajan Pokhrel (on 01/08/2006), Dr Sanduk Ruit wins Magsaysay award, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/08/2006), Nepali doctor bags Magsaysay award (samn 01/08/2006), A gift of sight (nt 04/08/2006)

Blood collection increases in Nepal (pd 29/07/2006)

Free medicines for Khotang people (kp 23/07/2006)

Chronic diseases main cause of deaths: WHO report (nn 19/07/2006)

Nepalese donate blood (Peninsula 16/07/2006)

Vet attempts abortion, kills woman, by Sgiva Puri (kp 13/07/2006)

Over million women suffer uterus prolapse (kp 11/07/2006), Over 600,000 Nepali women suffering from Uterine Prolapse (People's Daily 12/07/2006), Women's Woes (rn 12/07/2006), Fallen Womb: A Hidden Tragedy (sp 14/07/2006)

Health services (kp 17/06/2006)

Cervical cancer: Silent killer of Nepali women, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 04/06/2006)

Diarrhoea kills 15,000 children annually in Nepal (People's Daily 03/06/2006)

World No Tobacco Day being celebrated; 15,000 Nepalis die every year due to tobacco consumption (nn 31/05/2006)

Children's health (kp 23/05/2006)

Kidney diceases: Growing Risk Experts have expressed concern over the rising incidences of chronic kidney diseases, by Thakur Amgai (sp 17/03/2006)

Superstition stymies cornea donations, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 12/03/2006)

Patients of brain malaria found in southern Nepal (Xinhua 12/03/2006)

Most health research centres not doing research: Report (nn 10/03/2006)

Soutien au système de santé dans le district de Surkhet (Relief Web 03/03/2006)

Blood Bank fears shortage (nn 06/02/2006), Banda hits blood supply in Valley (kp 06/02/2006)

The conflict's dangerous impact on health services (an 02/02/2006)

Heart disease respects no class (kp 30/01/2006)

War need not be bad for health: In Sri Lanka, health and education programs are intact despite conflict. Why can’t it be the same in Nepal? by Aruna Uprety (nt 27/01/2006)

Research for whose benefit? A vaccine tested on 2,000 Nepali soldiers will soon be released in the market, by Marty Logan (nt 27/01/2006)

Medicine supply delay hits Bajura, by Arjun Shah (kp 27/01/2006)

First aid and more for ideal community, by Manish Koirala (kp 02/01/2006)

Rural Health Services: Power in the Parliament Empowered People at the Button, by Keshab Poudel (sp 30/12/2005)

Silent Suffering: Thousands of illiterate and rural women silently suffer the miseries of uterine prolapse caused by sheer hard work coupled with lack of basic health services (sp 09/12/2005)

Govt seeks $8m aid to prevent bird flu (samn 28/11/2005)

No avian flu in Nepal: Experts (samn 21/11/2005)

Bird Flu pandemic: Are we ready? by Ananta Prakash & Anu Amatya (kp 28/10/2005)

Minimal chance of bird flu in Nepal: Expert (nn 20/10/2005), Nepal Bans All Bird Imports Amid Pandemic Fears: Authorities say no outbreaks of bird flu so far, by Bikash Sangraula (Ohmy News 21/10/2005), Avian Flu Scare: Govt slaps ban on bird import, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 21/10/2005), Nepal bans Europe poultry imports (BBC News 21/10/2005), Preventing bird flu (kp 24/10/2005)

Nepal restricts chicken imports to check bird flu (Hindu 10/10/2005)

IPR: Public Health Concerns for Nepal, by Kamalesh Adhikari (ko 05/10/2005)

4 million Nepalis suffer heart illness (samn 25/09/2005), Heart disease (kp 26/09/2005)

‘Pranayam no panacea for diabetes’ (kp 24/07/2005)

Free treatment of MDRTB a lie, by Atul Mishra (kp 26/06/2005

Selling kidneys for a few rupees more, by Gunaraj Luitel (kp 12/06/2005), Stop kidney theft (kp 13/06/2005)

UN to launch GFATM in 6 districts (kp 24/05/2005)

Health campaigns a success despite ongoing conflict (Reuters AlertNet 02/05/2005)

Women Volunteers Deliver, by Marty Logan (Inter Press Service 30/04/2005)

Screening pregnant women, vaccinating newborns effective to check Hepatitis-B: Experts (ht 24/04/2005)

Cancer patients hide illness 56 pc breast cancer patients shy away from consulting docs (ht 09/04/2005)

Getting to goals (ht 08/04/2005)

Parsa health posts destroy medicines, by Upendra Lamichhane (kp 05/04/2005)

Health Information & Health System: Improvement A Must, by Gyanendra Sharma (rn 23/01/2005)

Pro-Poor Health Approach By Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 22/01/2005)

Sub-standard medical labs to face shut down (kp 20/01/2005)

Hemophilia patients in peril (kp 07/01/2005)

Success Story: More than half the children with cancer have been cured in Nepal, by Thakur Amgai (sp 31/12/2004)

Increasing Consciousness: The natives of Dhading articulately express their concerns - complaints, suggestions and demands - about health issues in public forum, by Thakur Amgai (sp 31/12/2004)

Urban Community Health, by Jhabindra Bhandari, (rn 30/12/2004)

Call to ban smoking in public (ht 29/12/2004)

‘Muscular dystrophy a nat’l problem’ (kp 26/12/2004)

Official myopia (ht 22/12/2004)

Health professionals to go on strike from today (ht 15/12/2004), Health professionals stage sit-in (ht 17/12/2004)

NCRS calls for blanket ban on smoking in public (ht 13/12/2004)

New govt policy for non-communicable diseases in offing (ht 11/12/2004)

A trust in Nepal Humlis throng to Simikot for the Nepal Trusts’ annual health camp in Nepal’s most remote district, by Charles Haviland (nt 10/12/2004)

Difficult Start: The complications in the first kidney transplant should compel the doctors and health administrators to become more alert, by Thakur Amga (sp 10/12/2004)

DDA starts to check quality of intraocular lenses, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 10/12/2004)

World meet stresses policy to address (ht 07/12/2004)

Sajha Yatayat to resume services to hospitals soon, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 03/12/2004)

Tobacco treaty expected to save thousands of Nepalis (ht 03/12/2004)

Telemedicine sans frontiers, by Caesar Rana (kp 01/12/2004)

Insufficient medicine supply hits Darchula, by Bikram Giri (kp 28/11/2004)

Women set blood donation trend (kp 13/11/2004)

Precarious working conditions lead to most spinal injuries (kp 09/11/2004)

96% of Nepalis outside formal security system (rn 07/11/2004)

First world dermatology meet opens in capital (rn 06/11/2004)

Nepal’s first DNA lab set up (ht 05/11/2004), DNA testing starts in Nepal (kp 05/11/2004), DNA test? Wait for another two months (ht 16/11/2004), Nepal’s first DNA lab to begin services next month (rn 17/11/2004)

New dental check-up guidelines (ht 30/10/2004)

Women cancer patients outnumber men here (ht 30/10/2004), Cause of concern: The number of women suffering from uterus cancer is rising (sp 05/11/2004)

Public compassion for schizophrenics ‘growing’, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 30/10/2004), Lost hope, not quite (ht 01/11/2004)

Uterine prolapse forces Banke women to put up with bias (ht 26/10/2004)

Nepathya mesmerizes disabled, by Caesar Rana (kp 17/10/2004)

Interplast mending deformed faces, by Mitya Nanda Timsina (kp 16/10/2004)

Lung Infections & Lackadaisical Approach, by P. Gopakumar (rn 12/10/2004)

Army occupies health centers, locals suffer (kp 06/10/2004)

Deaf Deserve Respite, Not Ridicule, by S.C. Mishra (rn 30/09/2004)

Harmful practice (ht 29/09/2004)

Vitamin-poppers, they will, for sure, harm you, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 28/09/2004)

Six-fold rise in heart diseases in two decades: Report (ht 27/09/2004), Alarming trend (ht 28/09/2004), Change In Lifestyle: Once considered a disease of aging rich, heart diseases are affecting more and more people in Nepal due to a change in lifestyle and increase in the smoking habits, by Thakur Amgai (sp 01/10/2004), Heart disease to be major problem by 2020 (rn 03/10/2004)

Does wireless technology harm users health? (ht 25/09/2004)

Unhealthy sector (kp 23/09/2004)

Containing uterine cervical cancer, by Ashok Raj Joshi (kp 19/09/2004)

Anemia plagues Nepali women, kids (kp 18/09/2004)

Devkota pulls off re-run of surgical feat, by Sanjeev Satgainya (ht 16/09/2004)

Oral health in Nepal (ht 12/09/2004)

WHO quality certificates boost Nepali medicine sector, by Shashi Dhungel (ht 11/09/2004)

Health Hazards: The toxics released while burning tires in the streets highly increases the risk of cancer to the public as well as the demonstrators, by Thakur Amgai (sp 10/09/2004)

Down With Smoking, by Prayag Man Kayastha (rn 15/08/2004)

DNA testing facility in Nepal from mid-October, by Paras Kharel (kp 09/08/2004), DNA lab to transform criminal probe (rn 14/08/2004), Nepal likely to have DNA test facility before Dashain, by Ishwar Khanal (ht 26/08/2004), DNA test kit (ht 27/08/2004)

Kidney sales on rise despite legal ban (rn 26/07/2004), Post transplant cost very high (rn 26/07/2004)

Stress on coordination among health schemes (ht 25/07/2004)

Database on medicos to be prepared (ht 23/07/2004)

Workshop on trachoma (ht 20/07/2004), National trachoma program inaugurated (kp 20/07/2004)

Kidney patients in trouble due to expensive dialysis (rn 14/07/2004)

No headway in basic health services, by Prem Khanal (kp 10/07/2004)

2,300 haemophilia patients in Nepal (ht 05/07/2004), Experts call for support to fight hemophilia (kp 05/07/2004)(

Govt drops health insurance scheme, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 23/06/2004)

Review of laws to cope with SARS, flu threat (ht 23/06/2004), Time for revision (ht 24/06/2004)

Ineptitude, unaccountability mar public health (kp 15/06/2004)

Code of ethics for medical professionals soon (kp 14/06/2004)

Teku reported 1,950 cases of water-borne diseases (ht 12/06/2004)

Modest proposal for renal health insurance, by Pragya Kharel Rajouria (kp 09/06/2004)

Unsafe drinking water affecting public health (ht 09/06/2004)

Thalassaemia in Nepal, by Durga Pathak (kp 08/06/2004)

Superstition costs lives of 3 children (kp 03/06/2004)

Cigarettes, tobacco, killing Nepalis slowly, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 01/06/2004)

Corporate backing war against cancer, by Bijaya Babu Khatri (kp 24/05/2004)

B&B docs perform rare heart operation (kp 22/05/2004)

Bracing for summer (ht 21/05/2004)

Water-borne diseases put authorities in a tizzy, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 21/05/2004)

Pearlies’ care for aspiring moms, by Prasanna Chitrakar (ht 12/05(2004)

Ensuring health for all citizens: It is possible for all Nepalis to have affordable health insurance, and there are community health models already working, by Naresh Newar (nt 07/05/2004)

Leap into action (ht 06/05/2004)

About 73% Nepalese consume tobacco (rn 03/05/2004)

Nepal may lose global funds for HIV/AIDS, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 29/04/2004)

Diarrhoea patients account for lion’s share of KMC urban clinic visitors (ht 28/04/2004)

Shamans tell patients to go to health posts (rn 28/04/2004)

Malfunctioning equipment endanger patients’ lives, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 28/04/2004)

Public health expenditure in Nepal next to nil (kp 24/04/2004)

Staying alive: New hope for thousands as the National Kidney Centre offers affordable dialysis in Nepal, by Naresh Newar (nt 23/04/2004), Kidney transplant to begin soon at Bir Hospital, by Archana Parajuli (kp 25/04/2004)

Trekkers bring medical care to the Annapurnas: The phrase ‘medical tourism’ gets a whole new meaning with this unique project that relies on tourists to stock remote health posts with first aid supplies, by Sraddha Basnyat (nt 23/04/2004)

Nepal’s medicinal herbs can cure "Cancer", by Kishori Mahato (tg 21/04/2004)

Govt introduces CHI to empower local bodies, by Indira Aryal (rn 20/04/2004)

When health hazards are part of life, by Shweta Malla (ht 18/04/2004)

Trachoma cases decrease in far west (rn 13/04/2004)

Insurgency, traffic congestion behind rise in orthopedic problems (kp 03/04/2004)

36,000 new cataract patients every year (rn 26/03/2004)

Let there be sight, by Jaya Raj Acharya (kp 25/03/2003)

PSI chief on five-day long visit to Nepal (ht 24/03/2004)

Awareness key antidote for glaucoma (kp 20/03/2004)

An eye for an eye: A unique eye centre is giving thousands of Nepalis the gift of sight, and exporting artificial lenses to the world, by Naresh Newar (nt 19/03/2004)

BPKHSI suspends health insurance scheme (kp 19/03/2004)

Minors should be banned from cigarettes trading, by Suvecha Pant (kp 19/03/2004)

Most diseases waterborne, says NGO (ht 18/03/2004)

Illiteracy, ignorance trigger cancer deaths, say oncologists (ht 08/03/2004)

Cancer registry, by Ayushma Pandey (kp 02/03/2004)

Rising heart diseases concern for cardiologists (kp 30/01/2004)

Task force formed to check spread of ‘bird flu’ (kp 29/01/2004), Measure bird flu (kp 29/01/2004), Task force bans import of poultry products (kp 30/01/2004), Govt forms task force to fend off bird flu, by Suvecha Pant (kp 31/01/2004), Govt mulls means to prevent bird flu (ht 01/02/2004)

Epilepsy patient kept tied for 4 yrs (ht 16/01/2004)

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