The 600-bed hospital has an occupancy rate of over 90 percent.
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Dr. Dhundiraj Poudel, the newly appointed chairman of the Bharatpur Hospital Development Committee, has planned to develop the hospital as an educational institution. A meeting of the Hospital Development Committee was also held on Monday after his appointment.
‘Various efforts have been made to run educational programs for a long time. Now the meeting has decided to give it a concrete form,’ said Chairman Poudel.
‘It was seen that around 2,500 people come to avail services every day. Some days, it even exceeds 3,000. The occupancy rate in the 600-bed hospital is more than 90 percent. There are more than 200 doctors. Therefore, it can be made an educational institution,’ he said. The government had taken an important decision on Chaitra 10, 2079 to make Bharatpur Hospital an educational institution.
The government had decided to run educational programs at Bharatpur Hospital as a part of the National Institute of Medical Sciences. The policy and program of 2080 BS also said that MBBS would be taught. ‘For this, we demanded teachers. 57 people also applied. We also prepared classrooms,’ said Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, the medical superintendent of the hospital.
Despite all the preparations, permission was not given to Pokhara and Dang, but permission was not given to Bharatpur, said Superintendent Dr. Poudel. Health Minister Dr. Sudha Gautam, who came to a program held at Bharatpur Hospital on November 21, said that although she heard about running a medical college, it was good to hear that it was not necessary to build it. She questioned why there was a third one in Bharatpur, which has two medical colleges.
‘Bharatpur is to be made a hospital like this one that can cure even incurable diseases. Will the same students be taught here too? Why students on top of students? It will also be ruined. Why do that? I do not want to be a populist. This is the reality that my Brahma and Vivek have seen,’ said Minister Dr. Gautam. The newly appointed Chairman Dr. Poudel said that an educational institution is necessary for quality treatment.
‘Due to the general to specialized and highly specialized services that we are currently running and the infrastructure including buildings and land of the hospital, it is easy and possible to run educational programs including MBBS, MS, DMS, MCH, etc.,’ said Chairman Dr. Poudel. He demanded that the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Bharatpur Hospital be made teaching hospitals and research centers.
‘Let’s make laws and rules for this. We are in an election situation now. I urge those who are running in the election to consider this. They will make the laws,’ said Dr. Poudel. He said that it is necessary to stop the practice of making political appointments by creating institutions or establishments through laws and rules. He suggested that a method be made for making appointments from the public service by specifying the basis of merit.
