Dr. Vikash Skin Clinic
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 50.6/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #25 of 26 ranked clinics · last checked 20 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Dermatology practice at Shankhamul, Kathmandu, run under the name of a consultant dermatologist and venereologist who is listed in the Nepal Medical Council register. The published menu covers acne treatment, chemical peels, laser therapy, hair restoration and cosmetic dermatology procedures, with a second consulting location in Lalitpur.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found in the register with a current status; the register does not disclose the specialty, or discloses a different one (including “no specialisation”), and the clinic claims no protected title. The register's own line is shown on the profile. NMC register: a single record matches the physician name, with the Degree cell "MBBS" and no Speciality cell. [nmc-paudel] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. The responsible physician is named with role, qualifications and practice locations on the home page and a dedicated about page. [site-about] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by name (surname stem and given name or initial; a second identifier where the name is ambiguous). Matched by name in the Nepal Medical Council register (single record, NMC 9111); the site publishes no registration number. [nmc-paudel] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Queried, no match. Last attempt: facility_registry, 20 September 2026 — no facility whose hf_name matches this practice; the register returned other Kathmandu rows in the same sweep |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-20 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Only a brand, without a legal form and without a responsible person. Whatever we find ourselves is shown on the profile as a fact and does not raise this cell. The practice is presented under the physician name on its own pages; no legal entity or legal form is named. [site] |
SEC | 8 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. The site states specialist registration in words but publishes no registration or licence number. [site-about] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Systematic superlatives; systematic safety promises without an absolute; absolutes about the past (success rates, “no infection since …”, satisfaction figures, “we guarantee your satisfaction”); comparisons with surgery. Completed lexicon scan of the practice pages: superlative claims recur across the home page, navigation title and about page, no guarantee-class statement. [site] Dr. Vikash Paudel is a leading dermatologist in Nepal specializing in advanced skin treatments, cosmetic dermatology, and the management of sexually transmitted infections. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-09-20 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Reason: Single language front. Last attempt: clinic_site, 20 September 2026 — one language front; no hreflang alternates or language links The clinic site publishes one language front; nothing to compare. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
| M9 | Patient documents None. Completed presence scan of the practice pages: no consent, risk/contraindication, aftercare, revision-policy or complaint-route content found. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-20 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] [site-about] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] [site-about] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] [site-about] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] [site-about] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Vikash Paudel [site-about] [nmc-paudel] | Consultant dermatologist and venereologist, MD Dermatology | not published |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: could not verify
- Breast surgery: could not verify
- Liposuction & body contouring: could not verify
- Hair transplant: could not verify
- Injectables: could not verify
- Medical weight loss: could not verify
What we could not verify
- M4 · Facility registration — Queried, no match
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency — Single language front
These cells score nothing and are not negative findings. A cell on a register that is closed to machine queries is left out of the coverage calculation; the others count against it. Each one names why it is empty; an attempt that did not complete is re-run in the next collection pass. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://vikashpaudel.com.np/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +977-1-5242511 |
| Address | Shankhamul Health Care, Shankhamul, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| City | Kathmandu |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://vikashpaudel.com.np/ | clinic's own site | service menu, practice locations, phone numbers, advertising text | 20 September 2026 |
| site-about | https://vikashpaudel.com.np/about.html | clinic's own site | physician biography, qualifications, affiliations, practice locations | 20 September 2026 |
| nmc-paudel | https://www.nmc.org.np/search-registered-doctor/?name=Vikash%20Paudel | official register | GET https://www.nmc.org.np/search-registered-doctor/?name=Vikash%20Paudel — register entry for Dr. Vikash Paudel (NMC 9111) | 20 September 2026 |
| nhfr | https://nhfr.mohp.gov.np/api//health-registry/search?province=&dist… | official register | facility registry: full-country JSON sweep, no hf_name match for this practice | 20 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 20 September 2026 | Initial collection (v1.2 pass 2). |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.