Kathmandu, June 17
Kathmandu Metropolitan City is constructing a 100-bed Kathmandu Metropolis Special Hospital with specialised services and modern facilities.
Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya announced this while unveiling KMC's Policies and Programmes for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2021-22 here today.
The hospital will have specialised services for the treatment of senior citizens. Mayor Shakya tabled the Policies and Programmes in the first meeting of the Ninth Municipal Assembly today.
KMC has prioritised the programmes directed at COVID-19 prevention and control in its Policies and Programmes for FY 2021-22. It is stated that the metropolis will provide support related to response, treatment and humanitarian aid to KMC denizens affected by COVID-19.
The Policies and Programmes also mentions that a call centre will be operated for continuously monitoring the health condition of COV- ID-19 patients and for providing consultation and treatment, psycho-social counselling, telemedicine service, COVID tests, ambulance service and isolation service. COVID Special Hospital service and oxygen support and other services will also be provided free of charge.
Likewise, it is stated that the City Health Clinic run at the ward offices will be upgraded to ensure basic health services to the residents of KMC. Arrangements will be made for providing free health checkup by specialised doctors. The ambulance service will be free, smooth and accessible," the Policies and Programmes reads. KMC has also adopted the policy of providing 50 per cent subsidy on the insurance policy of KMC citizens.
A version of this article appears in the print on June 18, 2021, of The Himalayan Times.
