Adding moments to history of Anesthesia of Nepal: Truth or fiction?

Apurb Sharma

doi:10.3126/jsan.v5i1.23210

Abstract

This article describes about a person who might have served as anesthesia provider during 1930s at the Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. However, concrete evidence of the person’s work as an anesthesia provider has not been found yet.

Highlights

This article describes about a person who might have served as anesthesia provider during 1930s at the Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Mr Ashapati Tamrakar worked with Dr Suresh Das Gupta, a senior surgeon in Bir
An email was sent to a four senior anesthesiologists (Prof R Amatya, Prof GR Bajracharya, Prof BD Jha, and Prof BK Bhattarai) regarding their opinion on Mr Ashapati Tamrakar as first known anesthesia provider of Nepal

Summary

Introduction

This article describes about a person who might have served as anesthesia provider during 1930s at the Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. The person had written about his grandfather Ashapati Tamrakar (1904-1942 AD) of Maru, Kathmandu, who served as an anaesthetist at Bir Hospital in the 1930s. Mr Ashapati Tamrakar worked with Dr Suresh Das Gupta, a senior surgeon in Bir

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