Name of Head of Department : Associate Prof Dr Ramesh Kumar Maharjan, MD, DM EM
Department introduction/description: Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) is a medical treatment facility specializing in Emergency Medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by that of an ambulance. The Department is open 24 hours 365 days for the emergency service of the patients with Humanity of the people of Nepal and for everyone comes to us from different parts of the World.
Department of Emergency Medicine in newly established Department in Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University in January 2022. This Department aim with quality emergency care service, standard emergency medicine academia and emergency medicine research with qualified emergency medicine faculties in this University. The DEM is in the process of development of International Standard emergency medicine service as defined by World Health Organization (WHO).
Nepal is a landlocked country situated in South East Asia between its two neighbours India and China. The Constitution of Nepal under the Article 35 Clause 1 mentions that ‘Every citizen shall have the right to free basic health services from the state, and no one shall be deprived of emergency health services.’ The Public Health Service Act 2018 formulated to ensure the constitutional rights related to health, has defined “Emergency health services” as the initial and immediate services to be provided since it is necessary to free lives of people from risk, save lives or organs from being lost, whose lives are at risk upon falling into unexpected incident or emergency condition.
Emergency medicine is a new specialty in Nepal and is still in a preliminary phase. The Doctorate of Medicine (DM) Program in Emergency Medicine was started in 2011 by the Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal and was recognized by the Nepal Medical Council as a specialty. It is a PhD equivalent degree with a duration of three years of rigorous training in the field of Emergency Medicine held both in and outside the country. A candidate is eligible to pursue this degree following a competitive entrance examination after completing five and a half years of undergraduate medical school and three years of postgraduate residency. Since the commencement of this program, eight emergency physicians have achieved this degree.
Nepalese Society of Emergency Physicians (NSEP) was started in 2017 by a number of qualified emergency medicine physicians under the leadership of Dr. Ramesh Kumar Maharjan with the aim and objectives of developing Emergency Medicine in Nepal as an important specialty. NSEP takes great pride in stating that it is a full member of International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) with voting rights.
Department vision, mission and goals :
Department of Emergency Medicine aim with
Quality emergency care service,
Standard emergency medicine academia and
Emergency Medicine Research with qualified emergency medicine faculties in this University.
The DEM is in the process of development of International Standard emergency medicine service as defined by World Health Organization (WHO).
Department faculty members:
| S.N. | Full Name | Designation | Full Academic Qualifications (Bachelor onwards) | Joined year | Remarks |
| 1 | Dr Ramesh Kumar Maharjan | Associate Professor | MBBS, MD GP, DM Emergency Medicine | 2006 | HoD Permanent Faculty |
| 2 | Dr Ram Prasad Neupane | Lecturer | MBBS, MD GP, DM Emergency Medicine | 2015 | Permanent Faculty |
| 3 | Dr Manjita Bajracharya | Lecturer | MBBS, MD GP&EM | 2020 | Permanent Faculty |
| 4 | Dr Olita Shilpakar | Lecturer | MBBS, MD GP, DM Emergency Medicine | 2022 | Contract Faculty |
Academic programs and students educated/trained each year / total
| Level | S.N. | Program name | Tick / Yes / No |
| Bachelor | 1 | MBBS | Yes |
| 2 | BDS | Yes | |
| 3 | BAMS | Yes | |
| 4 | BSc Nursing | Yes | |
| 5 | B Pharmacy | Yes | |
| 6 | BSc MIT | Yes | |
| 7 | MBBS International Electives | Yes | |
| Masters | 8 | MD Emergency Medicine | Yes |
| 9 | MD General Practice | Yes | |
| 10 | MD Anesthesiology | Yes | |
| 11 | MD Clinical Pharmacology | Yes | |
| 12 | MD Ayurveda | Yes | |
| 13 | MD Forensic Medicine | Yes | |
| 14 | MN Nursing | Yes | |
| Super-specialty | 15 | DM Emergency Medicine | |
| 16 | DM Critical Care Medicine | Yes | |
| 17 | MCh ……….. | No | |
| 18 | PhD Faculty Guides & Co-Guide as per Emergency related | Yes |
Research activities of the faculties/department
Point of Emergency Critical Care in Department of Emergency Medicine in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Nepal
Number of publications by faculties/department
| Original articles | Review articles | Case reports | Newspaper | Online news | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Training/Workshops/Conferences conducted by department (last 1 year only)
Nepal SACEM (South Asian collaborative Emergency Care) 2023 International Conference with theme of “Shared Solution for Better Emergency Care” on 25 – 28 January 2023 was held successfully for four days of Academic Conferences in Department of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Conference Hall, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and Evening Activities in various other venues, hosted by Department of Emergency Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Collaborative organized by Society of Emergency Nurses of Nepal and Nepal Disaster and Emergency Medicine Centre (NADEM) with Coordination of Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal and supported by World Health Organization – Nepal, Co-Supported by Nick Simons Institute, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Supporting the “Nepal Disaster Medicine and Management International Conference on 16th & 17th February 2024” from the Department of Emergency Medicine, organized by Nepal Disaster and Emergency Medicine Center, permitted by Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal with various International and National Organizations.
