Minister of Health and Population Giriraj Mani Pokhrel of Nepal

Pokhrel was appointed Health Minister as per the article 38 of Interim Constitution of Nepal.
Kathmandu, Apr 29 : People's Front Nepal (PFN) leader Giriraj Mani Pokhrel was on Sunday sworn in as the Health Minister of Nepal's interim government.
Minister for Health and Population Giriraj Mani Pokhrel said that creative investigation is necessary to forward ayurved medicine in Nepal at the 13th annual ceremony of Dhanwantari Jayanti organized by Singha Durbar Baidhyakhana.
Minister for Health and Population Giriraj Mani Pokharel met with the Minister of Health of India Dr.
The Left parties should take the lead of the movement and therefore should begin preparations right away for the grand push," said Minister Pokhrel said while addressing a gathering of Gorkha Kathmandu Coordination Committee of Janamorcha Nepal.
Pokhrel is scheduled to take oath of office and secrecy Sunday afternoon.
Pokhrel said he had sought a 15 per cent increase in the budget compared to the allocation made last year, but only a seven per cent increase was effected.
Inaugurating the conference, Nepali Minister for Health and Population Giriraj Mani Pokhrel said the government of Nepal has been working with priority to the kidney treatment sector, as criminal activities are also taking place in South Asia region due to expensive technology and complicated treatment of the kidney problem.
But the incumbent Health Minister Giriraj Mani Pokhrel has stopped the process.
5, 2008: Minister for Health Giriraj Mani Pokhrel has said that there is a need for raising health awareness in the camps of the Koshi flood- hit.
Minister Pokhrel said this after inspecting the health situation of the people living in the temporary camps.
Minister Pokhrel said the government has given high priority to rehabilitation of the people displaced in the flood, and operation of the blocked highway.
three-member ministerial committee to oversee relief and rehabilitation.
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that establishing a republic is not as easy as the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) and other political parties have been saying in the recent days.
Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, Minister for Health and Population met his Chinese counterpart Gao Qiang in Geneva, at the sidelines of the World Health Assembly (WHA) on May 14.
Health Minister Giriraj Mani Pokhrel said the cabinet meeting had also endorsed the formation of a three-member ministerial committee to oversee relief and rehabilitation.
Lila Mani Pokhrel was appointed acting chairman by the Central Committee of Janamorcha Nepal.
The Minister for Health Giriraj Mani Pokhrel says the governments main focus is stopping the spread of the virus.
Health Minister Giriraj Mani Pokhrel said the cabinet meeting had also endorsed the formation of a three-member ministerial committee to oversee relief and rehabilitation in parts of Sunsari district in the Terai plains, where the barrage on the Saptakosi river was breached last month, triggering a deluge in Nepal and India.