Kathmandu, Aug 12: Patient numbers at Bir Hospital, one of Nepal’s oldest and largest government hospitals, continue to rise, but the hospital’s diagnostic capacity has failed to keep pace. Patients face long queues for consultations and weeks or months for tests such as MRI and CT scans. Hospital records show patients must wait one to two months for an MRI and five to seven days for a CT scan. Those unable to wait are forced to turn to private…
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