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 Nepal reassures India over border remarks but domestic political fallout… No parking fees required for ‘pick and drop’ for 15… ‘Promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation along with modern medicine… Government initiates revising school level national curriculum framework 16 percent of children are malnourished in Madhesh RSP delegation holds talks with BJP leadership Top Headlines Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested4 We will return the savings of cooperative victims within 100 days : Rabi Lamichhane5 Two Offices Under Ministry of Communication to Be Abolished6 Nepali Congress provides financial assistance for Samba’s treatment7 Court Orders Release of UML Rekha Sharma8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector Impact of Social Media on Nepalese Society Public Relations for a Soldier Nepal Army initiates investigation into case of financial irregularities by Lieutenant Colonel Janmat Karki We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey Police make a woman public in connection to Gongabu murder case This time’s Teej, social distancing please! Now more than ever, support the IT sector
