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Kailali. A 15-bed hospital in Baijpur, Kailari Rural Municipality-5, has not been able to come into operation. Although the entire physical infrastructure of the hospital has been completed, it has not been put into operation due to lack of budget.
A contract agreement was signed with Royal Construction JV on 29 Ashad 2079 for 185.2 million rupees to complete the construction by mid-Ashad 2081 BS.
Although the specified deadline expired, the construction of the physical infrastructure of the hospital was extended and completed in the first week of Falgun of the current fiscal year, said Yagam Kalel, the information officer of the rural municipality.
He said that although the construction of the hospital building was completed, the building could not be handed over due to the inability to pay the contractor company and due to the lack of the necessary budget for the operation of the hospital, work including manpower management could not proceed. .
The rural municipality’s health chief, Naresh Chaudhary, informed that the contractor company has Rs. 30.4 million left to pay. He said that a letter has been written to the Ministry of Health demanding a budget for the remaining amount to be paid to the contractor company, purchase of equipment and management of human resources to operate the hospital soon. He said that after the remaining amount to be paid to the contractor company, the building will be handed over and the municipality will proceed with the process of operating the hospital.
Chief Chaudhary emphasized that the federal government should manage the necessary budget due to the lack of budget for operating the hospital.
Five years ago, in accordance with the federal government’s policy that every local level should have a hospital, the construction of a 15-bed hospital was started here. Chief Chaudhar says that the hospital can be brought into operation soon if the necessary manpower management and budget are ensured.
After the hospital is operational in the municipality, it is expected that the people of the southern area of Kailari Rural Municipality will get relief in healthcare. In the absence of a hospital, the citizens of this place have been reaching Dhangadhi, Nepalgunj and India for general treatment.
In 2077 BS, the Ministry of Health and Population had made public a plan to build five, 10 and 15-bed hospitals at the local level across the country. It was mentioned that the district hospitals at the provincial level would be built with 25 to 50 beds.
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