Humla, May 21: The Humla District Hospital, the only hospital in the district, if facing shortage of drugs resulting in difficulties in the treatment of patients, which has increased with the change in weather lately.
The hospital has faced a crisis in drugs for the past one month. The patients have complained that they are obliged to purchase the drugs from the private pharmacies based on the doctors’ prescriptions.
Presently, the hospital is experiencing shortage of drugs for the treatment of cold, diarrhoea and all other seasonal illnesses.
Dhan Bahadur Tamata, a resident from Kharpunath Rural Municipality-3, said that the patients have not been able to get the drugs even that are distributed for free.
Tamata shared that he is buying drugs from the private pharmacies for his sister, who was admitted to the hospital two days ago. He argued that even the basic medicines are not available in the hospital.
As the hospital lacks medicines to offer to the patients, the poor people in the district are affected as the treatment has become costlier for them. But, the number of patients has increased since the beginning of May, Medical Officer of the District Hospital Surjan Kumar Singh said.
The number of patients reaches as high as 80 on every Sunday and Monday while it crosses 50 on other days.
