COPD and Asthma are seen in not only in the agricultural population but also more and more in the Kathmandu Valley. Measles, Mumps, and Rubella are prevalent. Owing to diarrhea, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome takes the lives of children and little statistical data is available as to this sad fact. The life expectancy for females is reported at 58.36. The maternal death rate is a staggering 1,500 deaths per 100,000 births.
Little information exists about teenage pregnancy but teenaged girls marry according to custom.
The life expectancy of a male is 58.47. Education in Nepal is supposed to be free and compulsory from ages 6-11. The Project Owing to the fact that there is no question as to the need for a hospital to meet the needs of the people surrounding and in the Kathmandu Valley, and after visiting the field and seeing first hand some of the most abject poverty on Earth, the worst conditions for a modicum of healthy living, and the rampant disease affecting people in this so-called modern time, the Buddhadharma International Foundation, Inc. has resolutely acted to make a difference. As a matter of fact, the Buddha had a lot to say about health and maintaining it, so much so that the Buddha has been rightfully called the King of Physicians . When choosing a name for the hospital, the Nepalese people and the Buddhadharma International Foundation, Inc. wanted a name that would speak of the totality of the Buddhadhamma in some unique way.