BPKIHS

Nepali autonomous health sciences university at Dharan in Sunsari district in the east of the country, established in 1993 by act of parliament with Indian government support and named after the former prime minister B. P. Koirala. Teaches medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health and allied health to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level, runs its own teaching hospital serving the eastern region, and carries out research in pharmacology, clinical medicine, community health and drug safety with its own laboratories and a pharmacovigilance centre.