{"id":19,"date":"2019-11-05T13:23:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-11-28T03:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:34:45","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/index.php\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45eb984 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45eb984\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d86997\" data-id=\"3d86997\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28f899 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e28f899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\"><strong><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap\"><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap-letter\">B<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>haratpur Eye Hospital; BEH (Hiralal Santudevi Pradhan Institute of Ophthalmic Sciences) is located in the Chitwan District of southern central Nepal. BEH is a non-profit making, charitable organization under the umbrella of Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS). Its objective is to provide high quality comprehensive eye care services at an affordable cost to local as well as patients from neighboring districts like Gorkha, Lamjung, Ba.Su.Pu. Nawalparasi, Tanahau, Makwanpur, Parsa, Dhading, Bara, Sindhuli &amp; Sarlahi which comprises of about two million population. In addition to Base Hospital located at Bharatpur Metro Municipality, BEH has established 2 secondary level eye hospitals and 21 eye care centers at different places in its catchment area. Bharatpur Eye Hospital was established in 1987. The hospital building was constructed with financial and technical support from the Bank of Commerce and Credits International (BCCI) Foundation Pakistan. The hospital was inaugurated jointly by the Late King Birendra Bir BikramShah Dev and the President of Pakistan, Ghulam Ishaq Khan on 31 March 1988. This was the only one eye hospital named after king, which was changed after Nepal attained Republic in 2008. BEH has an academic wing known as Hiralal Santudevi Pradhan Institute of Ophthalmology and is conducting residency in ophthalmology and Anterior segment fellowship in affiliation with the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS). Similarly, it is conducting academic programs like Bachelor in Optometry (B Optom) under NAMS.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9f7897 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9f7897\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f9c91e\" data-id=\"2f9c91e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be9ad9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3be9ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8157\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a.png 758w, https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3ed3b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3ed3b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/b.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8156\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/b.png 778w, https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/b-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/b-768x584.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66b1d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b66b1d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/c.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8155\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/c.png 768w, https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/c-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f57aaee elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f57aaee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e617fd5\" data-id=\"e617fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b12f6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b12f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/map.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8161\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/map.png 853w, https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/map-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/beh.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/map-768x520.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bharatpur Eye Hospital; BEH (Hiralal Santudevi Pradhan Institute of Ophthalmic Sciences) is located in the Chitwan District of southern central Nepal. BEH is a non-profit making, charitable organization under the umbrella of Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS). 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