To Karnali people, unreliable passenger flights are sickening

In a geography where good roads are non-existent, even patients needing urgent flight are forced to return from airports.

On April 8, 71-year-old Kal Bahadur Adhikari of Hima Rural Municipality-6 in Jumla was admitted to the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital after his diabetes worsened. Doctors later referred him to Nepalgunj for prostate surgery because his condition could not be managed locally.