KAVRE, JULY 31

Health and Population Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet has vowed he will have the Health Policy implemented.

Addressing the Second CPR Day organised by Dhulikhel Hospital in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchowk today, he said his efforts would be directed towards expediting the works in the health sector by implementung Health Policy.

'The efforts in the health sector before this seem to be inadequate, we are effortful,' he said, adding that he was working with determination in carrying out many works in the health sector as there remained much to be done towards improving the sector.

'I have ruthlessly defeatedthe tendency of employees refraining from going to remote places and trying to remain only in the capital and surrounding districts on the basis of their proximity to the powerful. Health professionals, including, doctors, have now quit coming to the ministry seeking transfer and promotion.

I will take the initiative to remove other anomalies,'Basnet reiterated.

He urged physicians to be involved in providing medical care by staying free of stress.

Stating that 3,523 beds in 16 federal hospitals have been set aside for the helpless and indigent, he stressed that government monitoring has been intensified as not all hospitals are implementing the policy that requires all the hospitals and medical colleges to set aside 10 per cent of their total beds for the poor and the indigent.

He urged all to believe in Nepali health professionals as the treatment of complicated diseases is possible in the country itself. Minister Basnet added that he has made plan to provide free health services to the underprivileged and indigent within the next two years and to all make all kinds of health treatment cost-free within the next five years.

Minister Basnet urged Dhulikhel Hospital to expand its CPR or Basic Life Support Programme throughout the country. Dhulikhel Hospital's executive director Prof Dr Ramkantha Makaju and other spealers said all health professionals should know about the PMR process.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 1, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.