The Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene’s Health Emergency and Disaster Management Unit (HEDMU/HEOC), in its eighth situation report updated at 5:00 pm on September 2, 2026, recorded 301 patients across 17 health facilities in flood-affected areas. Of these, 195 had been discharged, 70 remained under treatment, 33 had been referred to other facilities and three had died in hospitals. Health services were also provided to 1,351 people through 11 holding centres, supported by 11 service-providing agencies. Meanwhile, mental-health and psychosocial support programmes had reached 3,026 people, with 58 people referred for further specialized support.

The government has mobilized 47 emergency medical teams or units with 222 personnel, of which 18 teams were active at the time of reporting. Disease surveillance through the SORMAS system recorded cases of acute gastroenteritis, fever, influenza-like illness, fever with rash and an animal bite during the previous 24 hours. Vector and animal-borne disease-control teams have also been deployed in flood-affected areas. A Post-Flood Tuberculosis Response Plan has been drafted, and health authorities have contacted 173 TB patients receiving treatment across 15 disaster-affected local levels to help maintain treatment continuity. A separate assessment of HIV treatment, medicines, staffing, access and other needs is also underway.

The report shows significant damage to the health system, with four health facilities fully damaged and three partially damaged, while access to Dhading Hospital and Trishuli Hospital has been disrupted. The health minister also inspected affected areas in and around Bidur Municipality, reviewing health-service conditions, medicine and equipment availability, sanitation, drinking-water arrangements, potential communicable-disease risks and the mental-health needs of affected residents. Authorities said coordination is continuing to ensure medicines, health supplies, safe water, sanitation and other essential services remain available.

The ministry is also distributing public-health information covering continued ART treatment during disasters, mental-health and psychosocial support, ambulance services and emergency contacts. The report lists 102 for ambulance management, 1115 as the ministry’s health hotline and 1234 as the NDRRMA disaster hotline, alongside other support numbers for mental-health and child-protection services.