Thapathali hospital cuts neonatal deaths by over two-thirds in five years

Additional doctors and nurses, better neonatal care, and wider use of mothers’ milk helped reduce deaths from eight to 2.5 per 1,000 live births.

Neonatal deaths at the Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Thapathali have fallen by more than two-thirds over the last five years, thanks to a series of measures the hospital has implemented to improve newborn care.