Mental Illness Awareness & Safety

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Prof, Timila Y Thapa

People live in constant fear because of the maniac behavior, aggressive, violent behavior of the
mentally ill person in the house. The security services from the ward, from the municipality, from
the security office, there is a problem and people live in constant fear. These do not want to
intervene because it's very dangerous behavior they have been observing all these days. So
what should be the strategy for overcoming this problem?

BME and declaring Premier Public Institutions as Institutions of national importance

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Prof. Timila Yami Thapa

How can citizens expect long-term innovation if nation's most talented educators and researchers are treated as temporary? How can citizens build a national ecosystem of biomedical innovation if  the governance system of the unuversity cannot even guarantee basic institutional support? This is not just an administrative issue. This is a national development crisis. The university model should be redesigned  — structurally, ethically, and financially — to support the emerging fields that define global progress today. Biomedical engineering is not a luxury. It is the bridge between technology and health, between policy and people, between crisis and care. And yet, without permanent, well-supported academic positions, we are building this bridge with temporary scaffolding. THe university should have a VC with vision — someone who understands that these are not side programs, but nation-building platforms. Someone who can secure long-term investment, build international collaborations, and most importantly, value human capital — the minds that will train the next generation, lead research, and serve....

Preventing Crisis and Protecting Families

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Prof.Timila Yami Thapa

Ward-Level Mental Health Programs should have adequate budget allocating FY budget for crisis response stipends,  FCHV training, Safe housing or transport costs etc in collaboration with provincial digital health funds under Digital Nepal Framework 2.0