Bir Hospital

[citation needed] Currently Dr. Santosh Paudel[4] is executive director of Hospital and planning to re-open its burn service in near future.

[5] Hospital has started cath lab services to provide treatment of heart patients.

An ordinance for the Constitution of a Bir Hospital Development Board was formulated in November of 1957 and was waiting the King's approval.

[9] Bir Hospital was expanded with a 200-bed Emergency and Trauma Center with funding from the Government of India, foundation stone was laid in June 1997.

The WHO Nepal has sponsored a surgeon (Dr. Peeyush Dahal) to have fellowship training in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

The lack of adequate funding, non-functional equipment and inability of the administration to get those running pose significant challenges to the hospital's functioning.

Bir Hospital building in Kathmandu .