Critical care equipment training held

Kathmandu, Bagmati province - The National Health Training Center (NHTC), under the Ministry of Health and Population, piloted an upgraded three-day critical care equipment training at Nepal Armed Police Force Hospital with technical support from WHO Nepal and financial support from WHO South-East Asia Regional Office. Originally developed in 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic by NHTC and WHO, and updated between September and November 2025, the module has been expanded beyond its initial focus on respiratory devices to include a broader range of critical care equipment. Held from 30 November to 2 December 2025, the pilot trained two doctors and fourteen nurses from critical care units in Kathmandu Valley. The revised curriculum now covers a wider range of equipment, adding ECG machines, defibrillators, syringe and infusion pumps, patient monitors, blood gas analyzers, and portable ultrasound devices. The upgraded training strengthened healthcare workers’ capacity to operate, maintain and troubleshoot essential life-saving devices, with plans for nationwide rollout.