Teku Hospital
{{Short description|Public hospital in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal}}
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| name = Teku Hospital
| org/group = Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal)
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| image = Sukraraj_tropical_and_infectious_disease_hospital.jpeg
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| coordinates = {{Coord|27.695785489751717| 85.3063271865262|type:landmark|display=inline, title}}
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| location = Teku
| address = Kathmandu
| state = Bagmati
| country = Nepal
| healthcare = National referral hospital
| funding = Government
| type = Public
| beds = 100
| speciality = Specialist
| opened = {{Start date and age|1933}}
| website = {{URL|http://stidh.gov.np/}}
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Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital ({{langx|ne|शुक्रराज ट्रपिकल तथा सरूवा रोग अस्पताल}}), named after Shukraraj Shastri, commonly known as Teku Hospital,{{Cite web|url=https://www.setopati.com/social/200971/|title=कोरोना आशंकामा टेकु अस्पतालको आइसोलेसनमा रहेका एक जना भागे|last=Setopati|website=Setopati|access-date=2020-03-12}} is a public hospital in Teku, Kathmandu. It is the only hospital in Nepal especially designated for the treatment of tropical and infectious diseases.{{Cite web|url=http://stidh.gov.np/about-us|title=Sukraraj Tropical & Infectious Disease Hospital|website=stidh.gov.np|access-date=2020-03-12}} The hospital was established in 1933. It has a 100-bed inpatient service. It has three ICU beds and six cabin beds.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/health/2020/02/12/nepal-s-hospitals-have-no-icus-to-treat-coronavirus-patients-doctors-say|title=Nepal's hospitals have no ICUs to treat coronavirus patients, doctors say|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English|access-date=2020-03-12}} It is a national referral hospital which takes in patients referred from all over the country. It also provides training to medical students. Dr. Yubanidhi Basaula is the current director of the hospital.{{Cite web |date= |title=Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population Sukraraj Tropical & Infectious Disease Hospital |url=https://www.stidh.gov.np/en |access-date= |website=stidh.gov.np}}
Isolation ward
An isolation ward was setup at the hospital with support from the World Bank during the avian flu epidemic. The development was later neglected and not a single patient had received treatment there. Rup Narayan Khatiwada of the hospital was quoted as saying that the hospital was not equipped to treat deadly diseases; it had "placed eight beds and locked the room" as they did not know "about the basic requirements to be fulfilled to meet the standards of an isolation ward."{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/health/2019/06/28/epidemiology-and-disease-control-office-seeks-whos-help-to-run-isolation-ward|title=Epidemiology and disease control office seeks WHO's help to run 'isolation ward'|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English|access-date=2020-03-12}} In June 2019, the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division sought help from the UN Health Agency in bringing the isolation ward up to standards. A team of international experts submitted a report of recommendations.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/health/2020/01/24/amid-novel-coronavirus-concerns-who-nepal-country-office-furnishes-draft-report-on-teku-hospital-isolation-facility|title=Amid novel coronavirus concerns, WHO Nepal country office furnishes draft report on Teku hospital isolation facility|website=kathmandupost.com|access-date=2020-03-12}} After the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the hospital took to studying the report but was sceptical about being able to bring the ward into operation due to the cost involved and the difficulty in getting the work done under the public procurement procedures.