Hospital
Hospital services
Highlights of Work Progress in FY 2078/79
A. HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES
Research Hospital
NARTC has its own research hospital with a bed capacity of 31 for indoor patient department (IPD) and provides outdoor patient department (OPD) services as well. The main objective of the hospital is to provide evidence based medical care through Ayurveda system of medicine to the patients. It prioritizes clinical research along with patient care through its OPD, IPD, panchakarma therapy, ksharsutra, acupuncture, therapeutic yoga, physiotherapy, clinical pathology, ultrasonography, X-ray, CT scan, EEG/ECG, endoscopy/colonoscopy and pharmacy. Special treatment facilities are available for anorectal disorders, cancers, rheumatology and endocrinology. Registration is free in the hospital for senior citizens and patients who participate in intramural clinical research. Most of the medicines dispensed for intramural clinical research are manufactured in the pharmacy of NARTC and are provided for the patients free of cost. Health care services are 50 percent discount for the residents of Kirtipur Municipality and senior citizens.
Outpatient Department (OPD)
In the fiscal year 2078/79, a total of 10367 patients visited the NARTC including 3,985 new cases and 4,212 follow up cases, out of which 3483 patients attended Kayachikitsa OPD whereas 1620 patients attended Shalya OPD respectively (Table 1).
The Figure 1 represents the frequency of patients who received the available services at NARTC in the year 2078/79. Among the services, the maximum patients i.e. 2,956 received Pathology laboratory services, followed by acupuncture unit with 2,406 patients. Similarly, 1557 patients were enrolled in Physiotherapy unit, 931 patients in Radiology & imaging unit, 855 patients in Panchakarma unit while 739 patients were in Dental unit.
Pathological Services
In the year 2078/79, we received 2,956 routine test samples in the Pathology laboratory of NARTC consisting 1739 biochemistry tests, 1,404 hematology, 1,219 serological and 311 parasitology tests (Figure 2). The received test samples include blood, urine and stool specimens.
Inpatient Department (IPD)
The
total bed capacity for IPD is 31 beds. During the year under report, the total
patients treated in IPD were 161 out of which 78 were operated cases. As
compared to previous year 2077/78, bed occupancy increased from 22 to 161
accounting above 13% increment.