Nepal doctors warn of escalating COVID cases of major crisis Coronavirus pandemic News
On the other side of the border due to the devastating flood in India, Nepalese doctors warned on Friday that there was a serious crisis as daily coronavirus cases were on record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.
Nepal confirmed 9,070 new cases on Thursday, up from 298 years ago. More than 3,500 people have died since the pandemic began, 400 of them in the last two weeks alone, according to official data.
“There are currently no beds available at any hospital that treats COVID patients,” said Jyotindra Sharma, head of Kathmandu Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery, Associated Pressi.
Shashwat Pant
February 25, 2021
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The only time people get to watch documentaries are either at private screening or film festivals like KIMFF.
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In 2019, a filmmaker approached a reputed TV channel in the country. Having spent two years documenting events on the border of Nepal and India post the economic blockade, he was sure some channel would buy his documentary as it showed the hardships people in the border area had to face. The TV channel agreed, but on one condition: the filmmaker had to buy airtime. But, that was something he was not willing to do.
“It was so disappointing. I faced the same thing with all the TV channels,” says the filmmaker who asked to remain anonymous. “A few were willing to show it, but they were not going to pay me. That is when I realised how bad the ‘documentary scene’ in Nepal is. Sometimes I watch my colleagues and wonder if there is a scene at all.”