The municipality has stated that in the last fiscal year alone, the municipality spent Rs. 12.7 million on healthcare.
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Birendranagar Municipality in Surkhet has spent more than Rs 10 million on the healthcare of its citizens. The municipality spent this money on the treatment of chronically ill patients within the municipality.
The municipality has stated that it spent Rs 12.7 million on health treatment in the last fiscal year alone.
Health Branch Coordinator Bhupendra Dev Giri informed that treatment expenses were provided to 233 chronic patients (cancer, dialysis, kidney transplant, spinal cord, paralysis) among others. He said that the municipality has made a procedure and spent Rs 5,000 per month.
Similarly, the municipality has recommended 180 people for medical treatment to poor citizens. According to the recommendation, the service recipients receive treatment assistance worth Rs 100,000 at the health institution of their choice.
Deputy Mayor Nilkantha Khanal informed that after receiving complaints about misuse of treatment expenses given to the poor in Birendranagar, it has now provided free insurance to the truly poor. This year too, the municipality has said that there is a program to test the Tharu community for sickle cell anemia.
Since sickle cell anemia, which is considered a chronic disease, is common among the Tharu community, the municipality has purchased a testing machine and given it to the Provincial Hospital in Surkhet for treatment.
The testing machine was purchased at a cost of 2 million rupees in the last fiscal year and given to the Provincial Hospital. Coordinator Giri said that 200,000 rupees have also been allocated for the purchase of testing kits every year.
