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Let down by the health system, Covid-19 patients in Nepal left to their own devices

KATHMANDU (THE KATHMANDU POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - On Sunday (May 9), Mr Hukum Adhikari tested positive for Covid-19. Two days later, his wife also tested positive for the virus. Mr Adhikari, 50, had fever and non-stop cough accompanied by body ache. The condition of his wife Sabitri, 45, was more serious as she had difficulty breathing. Luckily, one of my relatives arranged for an oxygen cylinder for us, so we didn t have to go to the hospital, said Mr Adhikari, a freelance researcher. I can t imagine how difficult things would have been if she had to be rushed to the hospital, said Mr Adhikari, a father of two grown-up sons, both of whom are abroad for higher studies.

Hospitals in Nepal run short of oxygen, turn away COVID-19 patients

Hospitals in Nepal run short of oxygen, turn away COVID-19 patients ANI | Updated: May 12, 2021 11:26 IST Kathmandu [Nepal], May 12 (ANI): Several hospitals in and around Nepal s capital city of Kathmandu have started turning down patients following the government s decision to cap the supply of life-saving medical oxygen, thereby affecting operation of hospitals treating the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Nepal Medical College, a hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday issued a notice asking family members and relatives of all its patients to arrange oxygen cylinders on their own, warning the hospital would only be able to provide it till 4 PM (Local Time).

Feature: Lack of oxygen, beds adds woes to COVID-19 patients in Nepal - World News

2021-05-09 10:06:03 GMT2021-05-09 18:06:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KATHMANDU, May 9 (Xinhua) Jagat Bahadur Karki, 35, a COVID-19 patient who has to isolate himself at home in Nepal s Kathmandu Valley due to an acute shortage of oxygen at hospitals, struggled for breath on Saturday night as his oxygen level came down as low as 82 percent. I struggled for breath, continued vomiting and had diarrhea, Karki, who lives with his wife and son in a rented house in Bhaktapur district in the valley, told Xinhua over the phone. My family and friends made several inquiries from several sources for oxygen but they could not find any, he said.

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