Tuesday, March 1, 2016

B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) is a medical institution in Nepal. It was established in 1993 in Dharan, a city located in Sunsari district in eastern Nepal, and subsequently upgraded as an autonomous Health Sciences University on Oct 28, 1998.

The Institute is an example of Nepal-India co-operation. BPKIHS has postgraduate, undergraduate, and university certificate programs. It has four colleges: Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Public Health with a 700-bed Central Teaching Hospital.

BPKIHS is governed by the B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Act, 1993.
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, established in 1998and upgraded to a university in 1998, is an autonomous health sciences university. Its goal is to meet the health needs of the eastern region of Nepal at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. BPKIHS is a self-governing body.

BPKIHS is one of the largest projects implemented through Indo-Nepal co-operation. The university is named after the late B.P. Koirala, a former Prime Minister of Nepal.


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