Kathmandu, Jan 11: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has directed the stakeholders to ensure that patients coming to the Bir Hospital, the oldest hospital of the country, seeking treatment will have no complain about its services. He described the Bir Hospital as the pillar of the health sector.
During the meeting with office-bearers of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) today, PM Dahal mentioned that the services at Bir Hospital should also be affordable and of quality as the medical services provided from the Hospital bear the health image of the country.
Sharing that the government was effortful to provide the means and resources demanded by the hospital, he laid emphasis that the hospital should provide its services in a manner so that the people feel them.
The Prime Minister added that he has initiated discussions on the process of appointment of the NAMS chancellor, assuring of making arrangement that the specialist of the respective sector should be appointed as the chancellor.
Similarly, Vice-Chancellor of the NAMS, Dr Bhupendra Kumar Basnet, said there is excessive pressure of patients at the Bir Hospital and urged the Prime Minister to provide means and resources required for the hospital, according to PM Dahal’s Private Secretariat. RSS
