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Health Ministry demands additional 2,100 workforces

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Finance held a discussion with the Ministry of Health and Population regarding the implementation of the budget for the current fiscal year. During the meeting, the Ministry of Health and Population proposed the recruitment of an additional 2,100 healthcare professionals including doctors and nurses at the federal level to support the expansion of specialized services to the province levels and the upgrading of federal hospitals, according to the Secretariat of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel.

Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Paudel, voiced the critical need for increasing the healthcare workforce to extend services to the province levels and to enhance the overall efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery. The meeting also discussed various issues, including the national health insurance scheme, social security measures, the provision of free medicines for children, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed Bir Hospital facility in Duwakot of Bhaktapur, and challenges related to burn treatment services.