Cardiology
Comprehensive heart care for adults and children — preventive cardiology, diagnostics, interventional procedures and coronary care on one campus.
- Services & clinics
- 14
- Specialists
- 2
- Emergency
- 24/7
Overview
The Department of Cardiology at Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital provides complete heart care for adults and children in eastern Nepal, from prevention and diagnosis to emergency treatment and long-term follow-up. Our cardiologists assess chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, high blood pressure and heart failure, and offer the full range of everyday heart tests on site: ECG, echocardiography, treadmill test (TMT), Holter monitoring and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Patients who need a closer look at their heart arteries can have angiography in our own cath lab.
When treatment is needed, our interventional team performs angioplasty and stenting, pacemaker implantation and device closure procedures in the cath lab, and seriously ill patients are looked after in our dedicated Coronary Care Unit (CCU). Because BMCTH is a multispecialty teaching hospital affiliated to Kathmandu University, cardiologists work closely with emergency, intensive care, radiology and laboratory teams under one roof, and our consultants also teach the next generation of doctors, keeping practice current and evidence-based.
Heart attacks do not wait for office hours, so if you have chest pain, sudden breathlessness or fainting, do not delay: our Emergency department is open 24 hours a day, every day. We accept Government Health Insurance, the Social Security Fund (SSF) and the Bipanna Nagarik fund, which supports impoverished citizens with serious heart disease. To see a cardiologist, visit OPD Sunday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, or call 021-422601 or 423182.
What we treat
12 common conditions- Coronary artery disease
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Arrhythmia
- Hypertension
- Valve disease
- Congenital heart defects (ASD)
- Pericardial effusion
- Chest pain (angina)
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Slow heart rate (heart block)
- High cholesterol
Services & procedures
Our specialists
All doctors
Facilities & technology
The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital offers state-of-the-art facilities and advanced technology for diagnosing and treating heart conditions. Equipped with modern diagnostic tools and innovative treatment options, the department ensures patients receive top-tier care from a skilled team of specialists dedicated to improving heart health.
- In-house laboratory & blood bank
- 512-slice CT scanner
- 1.5 Tesla MRI
- Intensive care units
Common questions
Previous ECG, echo or angiography reports, your current medicines, a government-issued ID and any insurance or SSF documents.
Lab and imaging reports are available through the online reports portal, or at the reports counter.
Book a cardiology visit if you have chest discomfort on exertion, breathlessness, palpitations, swelling of the feet, fainting episodes, or high blood pressure that is hard to control. People with diabetes, high cholesterol, smoking history or a family history of heart disease also benefit from a check-up. Our OPD runs Sunday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; call 021-422601 or 423182 to book.
Warning signs include chest pain or pressure lasting more than a few minutes, pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back, sweating, breathlessness, nausea or sudden weakness. Do not wait to see if it settles. Come immediately to the BMCTH Emergency, open 24 hours every day, or call 021-422601.
BMCTH accepts Government Health Insurance and the Social Security Fund (SSF), and the Bipanna Nagarik fund, which helps impoverished citizens with serious heart disease. What is covered depends on each scheme's rules, so bring your card and documents and our help desk will guide you.