Mahakali Provincial Hospital

Mahakali Provincial Hospital
Geography
Location	Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur, Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal
Coordinates	28°57′50″N80°11′05″E / 28.9639684°N 80.1847956°E / 28.9639684; 80.1847956
Organisation
Type	Federal Level Hospital
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	150 beds
History
Former name(s)	Mahakali Regional Hospital
Opened	2020 BS (1963-1964)
Links
Website	https://mph.sudurpashchim.gov.np

Mahakali Provincial Hospital is a government hospital located in Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. ^{[1] [2]}

History

It was established as a Primary Health Center in 2020 BS (1963-1964) in Kanchanpur District of Nepal. In 2031 BS (1974-1975) it was then upgraded as Kanchanpur District Hospital with 15 beds. The referral center with 50 beds was converted into a regional hospital in 2043 BS (1986-1987). In 2051 BS (1994-1995) the Government of Nepal approved to make it 100 bedded hospital. After the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2076 BS (2019-2020) 50 more beds were added making it a 150 bedded hospital. Following the decision of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly, it was then renamed as Mahakali Provincial Hospital in 2078 BS (2021-2022) ^[3]

Services

The services provided in Mahakali Provincial Hospital includes: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

• Anesthesiology Department
• Laboratory Department
• HIV/ARV, Family planning, TB-DOTS, Immunization
• Radiology Department
• OPD  : Orthopedics, General Surgery, General Medicine, ENT, Gynecology and Obstetrics, pediatrics
• Dental Department
• Emergency Department
• Pharmacy Unit
• Pathology Department
• ICU
• NICU
• Postmortem
• HDU
• Hemodialysis

References

1. "Mahakali Provincial Hospital" . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
2. "At Mahakali Hospital, patients of snakebite and Covid-19 are in want of ventilator". The Kathmandu Post . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
3. "महाकाली प्रादेशिक अस्पताल" . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
4. "Mahakali Hospital begins dialysis service". Khabarhub. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
5. "Mahakali Hospital isolation ward filled with COVID-19 patients". The Himalayan Times . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
6. "Separate hospital for COVID-19 infected children to be established in Mahakali Provincial hospital". MyRepublica . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
7. "Mahakali Zonal Hospital sans specialist doctors". The Himalayan Times . Retrieved 18 January 2024.