Abstract

This is the Case report of a 53 years old male Retired Major of Nepal Army. He was diagnosed as a case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis while he was in UN Mission in Kosovo as an observer on June 2005. He was treated in a Neurological Centre in Vienna, Austria for 13 months and was transferred to Shree Birendra Hospital on1st of august 2006. Since then he is in the state of Tetraparesis with cognitive defects and kinetic mutism and he is receiving continuous medical and nursing care at Shree Birendra Hospital till date. Though he is in the vegetative state continuous medical and nursing care has prevented him from the further complications. Thus the nursing management of this case is successful which has promoted job satisfaction among the nurses. Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital; Jan-June 2012/vol.11/Issue1/46-48 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/mjsbh.v11i1.7790

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