Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has arranged 374 beds at 52 hospitals for the free treatment of helpless and poor people.
The private hospitals are obliged to allocate a minimum of 10 percent beds and free treatment to the helpless and indigent people as per KMC’s edict.
Dhanendra Shrestha, public health inspector at the health department of KMC, informed that, 70 patients have benefitted from the scheme launched last February. Most of them are residents outside
of the capital city.
After the private hospitals flouted legal provisions, the KMC introduced a free treatment work procedure in 2080 and brought to strict implementation.
The KMC has also managed a system where the availability of beds, treatment services and other schemes at private hospitals can be checked online. Some of such indigent patients were discharged after treatment while some still undergoing treatment.
Shrestha further informed that most of such patients are suffering from ear, nose, and throat (ENT) problems, and kidney disease, while some have respiratory and eye problems.
People can dial the hotline number 1180 of KMC to receive information about the treatment or get the service.
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