गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Ministry reminds health facilities to allocate 10 percent beds to indigent, helpless groups Nepal Ministry reminds health facilities to allocate 10 percent beds to indigent, helpless groups KathmanduPati June 04, 2023 File Photo KATHMANDU – The Ministry of Health and Population has directed health facilities across the country to allocate 10 percent of beds to indigent, helpless and neglected patients for free treatment. The Ministry dispatched a separate letter to health facilities at each local level and to all the government, community and private health institutions across the country to allocate 10 percent of total beds they each have for providing free treatment to the target groups. This is the third time the Ministry is sending instructions to hospitals at 753 local levels to implement the provision mandated by the Clause 64 of Public Health Service Act and the Clause 70 (D) of Health Facility Operation Standard-2077 BS. The Standard mandates each health facility to allocate 10 percent of beds for free treatment for those patients who are from indigent community, are helpless and neglected. The Ministry has said it would be monitoring whether its directive was endorsed by hospitals. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Flood relief funds reach Rs 17.54 billion Landslide suspected as cause of deadly Budhi Gandaki flood Flood sweeps away six bridges, 10 people missing Flood sweeps away 35 homes in riverside villages Flash flood sweeps away riverside bazaar and hydropower camp When Nepal Goes Offline Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING Nepal Army’s Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey gets promoted to Major General Agriculture: Nepal’s bridge to overcome economic crisis Role of Vitamin D in pregnancy to combat COVID-19 Prithivi Narayan Shah-tyrant or a builder of the nation ? Supreme Commander Ganeshman Singh’s 23rd Memorial Day being observed today Prachanda flies to India for treatment of his ailing wife Dhakal elected FNCCI senior Vice-chair Over 45 thousand Nepalis repatriated home from abroad
