Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Kathmandu Hospital Treats Flood Survivors as Hundreds Remain Missing
Flash floods hit parts of northern and central Nepal on 26 August.
Many injured people were taken to a hospital in Kathmandu.
Thirty-one people were receiving treatment there, including a baby and a three-year-old child.
Six very sick patients needed ventilators in intensive care.
Doctors said many patients had broken bones, cuts, and breathing problems after being swept away.
One injured man was from India and was still unconscious.
Families went to a police help desk to search for missing relatives.
Officials said hundreds of people were still missing and rescue work was continuing.
Thirty-one people rescued from Nepal’s 26 August flash floods were admitted to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.
Six patients were in intensive care on ventilators, while 13 remained in the emergency room.
One hospitalized patient, 43-year-old Indian national Navlesh Sharma, was unconscious and had no family present.
Ten other rescued people brought to the hospital were declared dead on arrival.
More than 500 names had been registered at the hospital help desk by 27 August, while 910 people were reported missing nationwide.
- Who
- Thirty-one rescued people, including one Indian national, were treated at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital; families searched for missing relatives.
- What
- Patients injured in the 26 August flash floods received treatment, while authorities registered missing-person reports and continued rescue operations.
- When
- The floods occurred on 26 August; hospital admissions began around 1 pm the following day, and more than 500 names had been registered by 2 pm on 27 August.
- Where
- The injured were treated at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu after floods in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts.
- Why
- People were brought to the hospital after being injured or rescued during the flash floods, while families sought relatives who remained unaccounted for.
- Hospital admissions
- 31 rescued people were admitted to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.
- Critical patients
- Six patients were in the ICU on ventilators.
- Emergency room
- Thirteen admitted patients were in the emergency room.
- Foreign patient
- Navlesh Sharma, a 43-year-old man from India, was unconscious in the emergency room.
- Deaths at hospital
- Ten other rescued people were declared dead on arrival.
- Reported missing
- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 910 people had been reported missing.
- Recovered bodies
- The authority said 165 bodies had been recovered.
- Help-desk registrations
- More than 500 names had been registered at the hospital help desk by 2 pm on 27 August.