Nepal has instructed federal, provincial and local bodies to complete FY 2082/83 annual employee performance appraisals under the applicable civil-service or provincial laws, with separate evaluation arrangements for adjusted and deputed employees.
Nepal’s Health Ministry has directed hospitals to maintain essential services during Saturday–Sunday public holidays, including scheduled surgeries on Sundays, continuous emergency care, referral arrangements and ambulance readiness.
Nepal’s Health Ministry has published a draft bill proposing an autonomous Ramraja Prasad Singh Academy of Health Sciences in Rajbiraj, with Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital to serve as its teaching hospital.
Nepal’s Health Ministry has thanked hospitals for maintaining OPD services despite the new two-day weekly holiday system and says it is preparing a formal procedure to balance continuous patient care with health workers’ right to rest.
Nepal’s Health Ministry has instructed hospitals to ensure continuous healthcare by operating OPD services on Sundays according to workload and staffing capacity, while providing appropriate weekly or compensatory leave to employees.
Nepal’s new Hospital Service Improvement Procedure, 2082 sets nationwide standards for faster hospital services, full-day OPD, round-the-clock emergency care, digital payments and records, medicine availability, cleanliness, staff conduct and patient referrals.
Nepal has urged Non-Aligned Movement members to strengthen multilateralism, international law and collective action as global conflicts, polarization, economic inequality and digital divides intensify.