Health institutions are being made more agile to manage health emergencies and disasters

Magh 15, 2081

Kantipur Reporter

Health institutions are being made more agile to manage health emergencies and disasters

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The Ministry of Health and Population, Health Emergencies and Disaster Management Unit has given high priority to improve the capacity of hospitals and health workers to make medical services agile in the event of disasters and health emergencies.

Conducted with the aim of how to bring uniformity in health services during health emergency and disaster management, the training has been provided to health workers working in 44 satellite and 25 hub hospitals in Far West, Karnali and Lumbini provinces.  This week, the ministry has set the goal of completing the training of health workers working in 18 hospitals in Gandaki and Bagmati provinces. 

The devastating earthquake of Baisakh 12, 2072,  It is said that the services provided by Nepal's health system during the Covid-19 epidemic and the Jajarkot earthquake of 17th November 2080 are commendable. As this lesson is being taught to the world, the World Health Organization  It has also been implemented elsewhere. The Ministry has already issued the guidelines for the deployment of rapid response teams and emergency medical teams, 2079. According to this guideline, the ministry has also classified hospitals into hubs and satellites.

Ministry spokesperson Dr. Prakash Budhathoki informed that if there is a health emergency or disaster in any part of Nepal, the ministry's spokesperson Dr. gave. 

The Ministry is conducting the training with the financial and technical support of the World Health Organization. He said that the training organized with the aim of making hospital services agile, responsibilities and mobilization of human resources working in hospitals during disasters and health emergencies has been given high priority.

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