Govt Laid Foundation Stones for 396 Basic Hospitals in Local Level
The government has laid the foundation stone of a hospital building today for the construction of 396 local level basic hospitals in the country. The government has laid the foundation stone of 396 hospital buildings today with the objective of providing basic health services to the local level.
The Ministry of Health and Population is planning to build five to 15-bed hospitals in 396 municipalities in the first phase. Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel also laid the foundation stone of the Bajrabarahi Chapagaun Hospital in Godavari Municipality of Lalitpur.
Addressing a program organized to lay the foundation stone of the building, Finance Minister Poudel said that the foundation stone of 396 local level 5-bed, 10-bed, and 15-bed municipal level basic hospitals has been laid at the local level.
Similarly, 50-bed infectious disease hospitals are being constructed in seven states simultaneously, said Finance Minister Poudel.
Finance Minister Poudel also said that a budget of Rs. 57.95 billion has been secured for 396 basic hospitals being constructed at the municipal level.
Similarly, a budget of Rs. 80 million per hospital has been secured for the construction of infectious disease hospitals in all the seven states, said Finance Minister Poudel.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the foundation stone has been laid in 86 municipalities in Province 1, 53 municipalities in Province 2, 51 municipalities in Bagmati, 53 municipalities in Gandaki, 57 municipalities in Lumbini, 42 municipalities in Karnali, and 54 municipalities in Sudurpashchim.
