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Introduction: COVID-19 has brought global challenges in the health and safety of people. It has created not only the economic and social disaster in global society but also pose the life of healthcare workers in danger. In such critical situation, health workers were the main fighters who stood against the spread of COVID-19 and were always involved in the care and treatment of COVID patients. The main objective of this study was to explore health workers’ motivational factors to work in COVID designated hospital during COVID-19 pandemic. Method: The study was conducted at Patan Hospital, Lalitpur. The study had collected the qualitative data from in-depth interview of doctors and nurses. Convenience sample method was used to collect the data. Total, 12 health workers (6 Doctors and 6 Nurses) were interviewed till thematic saturation. Collected information was transcribed and thematic analysis was done to analyze factors motivating health workers. Result: The study found three major factors that motivated the health workers: (i) Always remembering oneself as a Health worker (Doctor/Nurse), (ii) Commitment with the hospital and (iii) Own ethics that one has to serve. Conclusion: Despite difficulties and fear, the health workers were internally motivated to serve during the pandemic. However, they think they should be provided with the declared facilities, incentives and motivation plan to further encourage them.

Healthcare providers from high-income countries often want to help underserved populations, but providing clinical care is not always a sustainable approach. Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), in Nepal, has taken an innovative approach to capacity building in healthcare. PAHS has partnered with rural family doctors from Canada to provide clinical bedside teaching to medical students in PAHS’s rural program, thereby making a sustainable contribution to healthcare in Nepal.

Introduction: Earthquakes are one of the most deadly and unexpected natural disasters, resulting in thousands of lives and huge economic loss. Nepal is a country that experiences earthquakes on a regular basis. Previous study has shown that increasing public awareness and preparedness for future earthquakes is crucial for minimizing the number of deaths caused and property loss. To reduce the damage caused by such earthquakes, it is vital to analyze people's understanding and readiness. Purpose: The main aim of the study is to identify the Knowledge and Preparedness of Earthquake and the different between knowledge of earthquake and preparedness of earthquake among graduates in Kathmandu district of Nepal. Design/methodology/approach: The research was carried out using a descriptive design. The research involved 144 management faculty students at the bachelor's and master's level. The core data was collected via an online KoBoToolbox form. The data was analyzed using the mean and paired sample t-test. The Cronbach's Alpha value was used to assess the data's reliability. Findings: Students are well knowledgeable in earthquakes, including how to prepare and what to do in case of an earthquake. Yet, their preparations are inadequate in comparison to their knowledge. There was a significant difference between preparedness (M=3.5357, SD=0.489) and knowledge (M=3.8194, SD=0.4548), because p=0.000 which is less than .05 significant level. Originality/value: The study found that management students have a good understanding of earthquakes, but they are not well prepared for the earthquake.

Introductions: Presence of family during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is debatable. Doctors and nurses locally believe that family should be kept out of resuscitation. This study explores the attitude of doctors and nurses towards presence of family during resuscitation. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at Patan Hospital emergency in January 2017. Medical personnel working in emergency were given a set of questionnaires. The result was descriptively analyzed. Results: Sixty-four doctors and nursing staffs participated in the survey. Fifteen (23%) said that they would never allow presence of family during resuscitation, 37 (58%) said sometimes and 13 (20%) said always. Perception of health workers were, 32 (50%) thought it interferes with work; 25 (39%) legal problem; 33 (51%) bad reaction to the team; 35 (54%) psychological trauma to family; 23 (36%) difficult to stop resuscitation; 23 (36%) offence to family; 17 (26%) increase staff stress; 8 (12%) not culturally acceptable and 6 (9%) had no such practice observed. Conclusions: Family presence during resuscitation was not desirable for majority of medical person working at emergency department of Patan Hospital.