ILAM – Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Paudel, has said the hospitals cannot now find excuse for lack of medicines for health insurance.
Carrying out the monitoring of Ilam Hospital today, he said all hospitals providing services under the health insurance scheme should mandatorily keep the medicines designated by the Health Insurance Board.
“It is illegal to say they lack medicines even now. The hospitals should compulsorily retain the stipulated medicines,” the Health Minister insisted.
The government and the Board have stipulated 98 types of medicines for the health insurance programme. Minister Paudel said the Ministry of Health has forwarded the necessary works to that end. Stating that although there are some problems related to managing the insurance, he said the Ministry is improving it and also carrying out works towards upgrading the District Hospital.
Chief of Ilam Hospital Dr Prabhu Shah complained that the hospital did not have adequate doctors in accordance with the quota. On this topic, the Health Minister said that normally the doctors liked to stay in city areas, but the Ministry will make provisions requiring the doctors to compulsorily go to the places they have been assigned to work.
He reiterated that the Ministry will address the demands for health appliances and facilities that the district hospitals ask for as per their requirement.
