Kathmandu Metropolitan City-27 is set to conduct free liver examinations for its ward residents in collaboration with Bir Hospital. A formal agreement for this testing has already been signed between Ward Chairperson Yogesh Kumar Khadgi and the hospital's Executive Director Prof. Dr. Dilip Sharma, under the observation of KMC Acting Chief Sunita Dangol.The agreement includes liver testing and initial treatment. Acting Chief Dangol stated that the program brought forward by the ward office for its residents is effective, given the growing risk of non-communicable diseases among city dwellers.The risk to the liver is increasing due to addiction to smoking and...