Introduction

Nepal Police Hospital was inaugurated by the late king Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev on the 27th of Chaitra, 2040 BS. It was established with an intention to provide free health services to in- service policemen, their families and ex-servicemen and their spouses. The hospital commenced OPD services and 25 bedded indoor services through 5 medical doctors, a few nurses, paramedics and administrative staff. The infrastructure then was built with the financial support of the Government of Nepal and voluntary contribution of the police personals. Some instruments and equipments were donated by the Government of India and a Japanese club. The Government of Nepal has been bearing all the expenses of the hospital ever since its establishment (infrastructure development, upgrading human resources and equipments). The routine annual budget allocated by the government to the hospital is inadequate to meet the increasing demand of health services of the staffs of the Police organization. Therefore, Prahari Kalyan Kosh (Police Welfare Fund) of Nepal Police has established a trust to provide health services to the family members of the serving policemen and ex-servicemen and their spouses. The fund supports to purchase medicines for physically and mentally handicapped and Renal Failure patients. It also provides variable additional budget every year to further support the above mentioned group of patients. Though the spectrum of services provided by the hospital in the initial stage was minimal, it had a great positive impact on all the policemen and medical professionals.

The Broad Objectives of the Hospital are:

Provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services.
Train doctors /nurses/paramedics and students.
Research for continuous development and improvement in health indicators.
Conduct workshops, symposiums, seminars and discussion programs on health.
Develop the hospital as an institution with state of the art facilities and services.

Services available in NPH :

General Medicine
General Surgery (Urology, Plastic Surgery etc.)
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Paediatrics
Orthopedics Surgery
Anesthesiology
ENT Surgery
Dental, Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery
Cardiology
Dermatology
Chest Medicine
Mental Health
Pathology
Radiology
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
ECHO/ECG/EEG/Endoscopy
Audiometry
Dialysis
Opthalmology
CT Scan
ICU
VCT and STI
Ambulance
Emergency
DOTS
Immunization

Current Indoor Services (with bed distribution) in NPH

Departments	Total No. of Beds
Medicine+Infection+Chest
General Surgery+Post Operative
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Paediatrics
Orthopedics
Opthalmology
Otorhinolaryngology
Psychiatry
Dermatology
Dental, Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery
Emergency including Observation
Anaesthesiology
Dialysis
Total

Summary of Services in various Departments

Departments	Super Speciality
Medicine	Haemodialysis, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, ERCP, ECG, Echocardiogram etc.
Surgical	Laproscopic Surgery, PCNL, TURP etc.
Obstetrics/Gynaecology	Gynaecological Oncology Services, RHS
Paediatrics	Immunization Services, ARI Clinic
Orthopedics	Trauma Services, Spinal Injury Services
Opthlamology	Phaco Services
Otorhinolaryngology	Audiometry
Dental	Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery, Periodontia, Prosthesis, Conservative and Endodontics, Diagnosis & Radiology etc
Psychiatry
Dermatology
Anesthesiology
Radiology	Ultrasound, CT Scan, MRI
Emergency	Mass Casualties Management

WHO can get the health facilities !

Police Personnel
Dependent of Police Personnel (Father, mother, son, daughter, husband and wife)
Ex-Police (Husband/wife)
Personnel of National Investigation Department.
Teachers of Police School.
Civillians in case of Emergency Condition; at the time of natural calamities and disaster.