Kapilvastu, October 28:

District Health Office, Kapilvastu, with help from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Nepalgunj Medical College organising a five-day-long free camp on reproductive health that ended yesterday.

Nepalgunj Medical College has decided to bear all expenses for the operation and medicines and provide travel allowance to 53 women suffering from uterine prolapse to travel to the hospital for surgery.

The total expense incurred in one uterine prolapse operation is around Rs 40,000 that includes medicines, the Medical College said.

The medical officers involved in examining patients in the camp said the problem was mostly seen in women over 22 years of age with children.