It is located on Maternity Hospital Road, in Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

About 15,000 women deliver their babies in this hospital annually.

[1] The hospital was started by Paropakar Sansthan, a non-governmental organization at the initiative of Daya Bir Singh Kansakar in the ground of Charburja Palace.

The hospital was named by the late King Mahendra (then the Crown Prince) as 'Paropakar Shree Panch Indra Rajya Lakshmi Maternity Hospital' in memory of late Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (then Crown Princess), who died after her last pregnancy.

[citation needed] The hospital employs approximately 50 doctors, 170 nurses, 40 paramedical staff, and 360 administrative, support and other staff.