Chief Minister Surendra Pandey has said that all citizens will have access to health care. He said that until the citizens of rural areas get easy healthcare services, adding equipment to city hospitals will not be enough.

Inaugurating Burtiwang Hospital in Baglung on Friday, Pandey said that hospitals are needed in rural areas to reduce the cost of air lifting. Last year, the Gandaki provincial government rescued 67 pregnant women by helicopter during delivery, and 29 of them were seen in rural areas including Baglung, he said, expressing his belief that Burtiwang Hospital will reduce the cost of the provincial government. Pandey claimed that if the lives of the citizens can be saved, the economic development will be faster.

Gandaki state government has built hospitals in Baglung's Burtiwang and Gorkha's Anpipal this year. He said that even though the construction of these two hospitals will add 420 crores to the government, if the health of the citizens improves, the financial capacity will automatically increase. Pandey said that since the number of patients receiving dialysis services has decreased by getting treatment services on time, expenses can also be saved.

He said that the task of making good use of the hospital built and the equipment collected is for the local people. "Nowadays, there are more negative views than positive views, there are more people who comment than those who benefit from the work done," he said.

After the last year's decision, the Gandaki state government has started operating the hospital this year through ONM and increasing the manpower. In the year 2067, the then Baglung District Hospital was transformed into a regional hospital and there was no district hospital here. Even though the building is adequate, the district hospital was not built because of the manpower and the state policy. Since there was no district hospital, many services like free treatment, medicine, twenty-four hour service, OPD, emergency and family planning were cut. 

The hospital has started health services including operations. The head of the hospital, Dr. Navindra Dhakal said. "From video X-ray to maternity services with basic infrastructure, operations have also come into operation," Dhakal said.

In Burtiwang, 90 km west of the capital, local Sita Kandel said that the service was delayed because the hospital was urgently needed. "We need a hospital not only for general treatment, but also for accident treatment," she said.

Drona Kunwar, a member of the Gandaki State Assembly, said that since the district hospital is the first base, the government is also paying attention to trauma. Health Minister of Gandaki Province Krishna Pathak has also stated that he is ready to add services according to the demand of the people.