No hospital in Nepal is equipped to handle potential Ebola cases

Doctors warn that delay in preparedness could turn even a single infection into a major health crisis.

At a time when Ebola was spreading across several African countries in September 2015, a Niger national had come to Nepal without legal documents. When infrared thermal imaging cameras at the health desk at Tribhuvan International Airport detected a high temperature, health workers stationed there for temperature screening fled in panic. Even some police personnel reportedly fled from the scene.