Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences

TCMH complex, Mahankalsthan, Kathmandu

Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences (NAIHS) is a not-for-profit medical education endeavor of the Welfare Fund of the Nepali Army, established with a vision of developing skilled and professional human resources in the field of medical education by providing an optimal educational environment and improving the quality of medical service of the Nepali Army and the nation as a whole. It is managed by the Directorate of Welfare Planning of the Nepali Army. Its advisory committee comprises all relevant directorates of the Nepali Army under the leadership of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

To ensure simplified and easy access of army children in the field of medical education, General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung (Retd), by then COAS, laid the foundation stone of NAIHS on 2067/08/02 B.S., but later inaugurated by then right Honorable President of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, on 10th Jestha 2069 B.S. (23 May 2012 A.D.).

NAIHS operates under the affiliation of Tribhuvan University, Nepal’s oldest and most prestigious university. This institution is recognized by the Medical Education Commission, Nepal Medical Council, Nepal Nursing Council, and Nepal Health Professional Council. These affiliations ensure that the programs offered are of high academic and professional standards.

NAIHS ensures medical education to the children of regular and retired army personnel, heroic death or death in line of duty, and fully disabled army personnel, as well as the general public, with the provision of fixed quotas. Under its two colleges (College of Medicine and College of Nursing) NAIHS currently caters 3 super specialization (DM/MCH), 23 Post Graduate (MD/MS/MN) courses & 5 Bachelor level programs (MBBS, B.Sc. Nursing, BNS, BPH and B.Sc. MLT). NAIHS aims to extend its Bachelor's level programs like BDS, B. Pharm. BPT etc, Post Graduate programs and super specialization programs in the near future.

In these past glorious years of establishment, NAIHS has proven itself to be one of the premier institutes in the field of health professions' education and is among the top choices of medical students in Nepal. Overall, NAIHS strives to address the existing medical, paramedical, and nursing health professionals in Nepal by encompassing all health-related fields.

Shree Birendra Hospital is the teaching hospital of NAIHS and is located in Chauni, Kathmandu. It is a tertiary-level, modern, central, and referral hospital of the Nepali Army. The hospital currently has 635 beds and it provides almost all types of medical services to the serving army personnel and their dependents, retired army personnel and their dependents, civilian faculty members and staffs of NAIHS and their dependents.

Salient Features

Library Facilities and Services:

Information resources and services provided by the NAIHS- CON library is to fulfill the needs of the Faculty, Staff and Students. Library provides textbooks and reference books for the library members. Library also offers many services for the students, faculty and staff like:

Library Opening HoursSUNDAY- THURSDAY 8:00AM TO 5:00PMFRIDAY 9:00AM TO 5:00PMSATURDAY & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 10:00AM TO 5:00PM

Computers

NAIHS -CON library provides computers that support programming on that college. There are also designated workstations at NAIHS – CON that are to be used for accessing online databases. Each campus library also provides wireless internet access to all patrons.

Study Space

The library provides a wide variety of study spaces and facilities within a spacious naturally lit environment.

Computers

Study SpaceThe library provides a wide variety of study spaces and facilities within a spacious naturally lit environment.

Hostel Facility:

The hostel of CON is fulfill with modern accommodation facility with four bed occupancy with attached bathrooms for each room. The rooms are spacious and comfortable. The hostel can accommodate 200 students at a time. For each room bed, reading table, chair, wall rack and shelf are provided to each individual students. The facilities include a common mess accommodating 100 students per shift, modern kitchen, recreation room, reading rooms and M.I. (Medical Infirmary) Room in the hostel complex. The security of the hostel is managed by the security personnel of the Nepalese Army. The college situated about 1 kms from the Ring road. The walking distance between the college and hostel is about 10 minutes. There is residential warden and house mother in the hostel to look after the students for 24 hours, 4 storey 3 buildings built in 11 ropanies of land with the following facilities:

Three separate flat for the warden, duty officer and teacher.
24 hours electricity, IT and Wi-Fi zone.
Adequate space for outdoor and indoor games

Teaching Hospital for Clinical Practice

Shree Birendra Hospital, Chhauni

Chetrapati Family Welfare Clinic

Extra Curricular Activities (ECA)

Students of NAIHS-CON are encouraged to participate in ECAs as a part of their mental and physical development. Because of the ample open space within the college premises and a full functional modern gymnasium the students are able to participate in various indoor and outdoor games under the supervision of our experts.

Transport Services:

College buses of NAIHS-CON ferry the students from NAIHS to Shree Birendra Hospital for clinical practices. Students living off-campus are picked and dropped by the college buses that run on the ring-road at morning and evening times. College buses are also the means of transportation for the students participating in community field visit.

Community Activities:

College of Nursing students participate in the curriculum based community visits to different VDCs in order to understand the community as a whole in terms of its demographic profile, health indices, health infrastructure, and the health needs. They also learn to draw the community map with the use of available prominent features. They learn to communicate with people of various strata in the society and enhance their leadership qualities. They also participate in various health awareness programs and medical camps.

Health Care:

All students of NAIHS-CON are provided with medical care at Shree Birendra Hospital. A separate Medical Infirmary (MI) room is available in the college complex. Minor injuries and illnesses are managed in the MI room. Students with major medical issues are transported to Shree Birendra Hospital for definitive treatment. Medical services for acute medical and surgical problems are provided for free to the students, but any major chronic illnesses including malignancy, chronic kidney disease, chronic cardiac conditions, and health issues arising while the student is off-campus will have to be dealt by the parents themselves.

Admission Guidelines

Entrance examination and Admission

The entrance examination for BNS and BSc Nursing is conducted by Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the entrance examination for PCL Nursing is conducted by the CTEVT (Centre for Technical Education and Vocational Training). Admission is based solely on the merit list of the entrance examination conducted by respective institutions following the eligibility criteria laid down by NAIHS.

SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

NAIHS follows the scholarship seat distribution set by the Medical Education Commission (MEC).NAIHS offers 15 scholarship seats for studying BSc Nursing out of a total of 40 seats.