- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०५३ BS · 1997 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १५: स्वास्थ्य · Volume 15: Health
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act sets up the B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bharatpur, Chitwan, as an autonomous national referral hospital, in memory of B.P. Koirala, to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, train specialists and research cancer so Nepal becomes self-reliant in this field, run the national cancer control programme, and develop safe systems for handling radioactive materials in line with international norms. It may open branches in other districts.स्वर्गीय विश्वेश्वरप्रसाद कोइरालाको स्मृतिमा क्यान्सरको रोकथाम, निदान र उपचार, विशेषज्ञ जनशक्ति उत्पादन र अनुसन्धान गरी यस क्षेत्रमा आत्मनिर्भर बन्न, राष्ट्रिय क्यान्सर रोग नियन्त्रण कार्यक्रम चलाउन र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मान्यताअनुरूप विकिरणयुक्त पदार्थको सुरक्षित प्रयोग प्रणाली विकास गर्न यो ऐनले चितवनको भरतपुरमा राष्ट्रिय प्रेषण अस्पतालका रूपमा स्वशासित वी.पी. कोइराला मेमोरियल क्यान्सर अस्पताल स्थापना गरेको हो। अन्य जिल्लामा शाखा खोल्न सकिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Preamble; Sections 3–6, pp. 1–4
- A board chaired by a senior doctor nominated by the government (with a postgraduate degree and long experience in cancer or medicine) runs the hospital; it includes the Health and Finance secretaries or their delegates, the Bharatpur mayor, four doctors nominated to represent Dalit, Janajati and Madhesi communities including at least two women, two hospital doctors and others, for three-year terms. The board appoints an executive director to run daily administration.सरकारले मनोनीत गर्ने वरिष्ठ चिकित्सक (क्यान्सर वा चिकित्सामा स्नातकोत्तर र लामो अनुभव भएका) को अध्यक्षतामा रहने सञ्चालक समितिले अस्पताल चलाउँछ; यसमा स्वास्थ्य र अर्थ मन्त्रालयका सचिव वा प्रतिनिधि, भरतपुरका प्रमुख, दलित, जनजाति र मधेसीको प्रतिनिधित्व हुने गरी कम्तीमा दुई महिलासहित मनोनीत चार चिकित्सक, अस्पतालका दुई चिकित्सकलगायत रहन्छन् र पदावधि तीन वर्षको हुन्छ। दैनिक प्रशासनका लागि समितिले कार्यकारी निर्देशक नियुक्त गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 7–8 and 12, pp. 4–7
- Patients cannot claim compensation from the hospital or its staff, except where negligence in using radioactive materials or medicines beyond the set procedure or dose causes harm. With a patient's consent the hospital may carry out post-mortems for research. Imports of construction materials and equipment, donations and land registrations are exempt from customs duty, taxes and registration fees; the hospital's accounts are audited by the Auditor General and it deals with the government through the Ministry of Health.अस्पताल वा यसका कर्मचारीसँग बिरामीले क्षतिपूर्ति दाबी गर्न पाउँदैन, तर तोकिएको प्रक्रिया वा मात्राभन्दा फरक पर्ने गरी विकिरणयुक्त पदार्थ वा औषधि लापरबाहीपूर्वक प्रयोग गर्दा हानि भएमा दाबी गर्न सकिन्छ। बिरामीको मञ्जुरीमा अनुसन्धानका लागि शव परीक्षण गर्न सकिन्छ। निर्माण सामग्री र उपकरणको पैठारी, दान–दातव्य र जग्गा रजिस्ट्रेसनमा भन्सार, कर र रजिस्ट्रेसन दस्तुर लाग्दैन; लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकबाट हुन्छ र सरकारसँग स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालयमार्फत सम्पर्क हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 15–19 and 23, pp. 7–10
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
None documented in the official reports we have reviewed so far.
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.