Patarasi is providing 75 percent of the cost of MBBS with a grant of Rs. 700,000 per year.
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Naveen Reule of Lumgaun, Patarasi Rural Municipality-4, is studying in the fourth year of medical education at Devdaha Medical College, Rupandehi. Patarasi has arranged for him to study medical education with a 75 percent subsidy.
After Naveen, whose family's financial situation is weak, registered his name for MBBS, the municipality is paying Rs 700,000 every year. He is the only one who registered his name from Devdaha College. Naveen will become a doctor in a year and a half. The municipality is teaching doctors by making a free study program for medical officers.
Manoj Thapa of Patarasi-7 has also been studying MBBS at Janaki Medical College, Dhanusha for a year and a half. 'It could have been difficult for those with poor family financial conditions to study medicine despite their desire,' said Ratan Budhthapa, head of the health department of Patarasi Rural Municipality, 'but due to the financial support of the municipality, the dream of students here to become doctors is coming true.' He is happy that two MBBS doctors have become doctors from Patarasi in a few years.
Patarasi Rural Municipality had set a target of producing a minimum of 5 doctors. But it seems that the lack of internal resources may stop the work of teaching MBBS. Branch Chief Budhthapa said, ‘The municipality wants to make many doctors, but due to lack of internal resources, it can only train one more person.’ The municipality is currently paying Rs. 700,000/- per year for Naveen and Manoj.
Arrangements have been made for the municipality to bear 75 percent of the cost of studying MBBS. Naveen had studied HA from Karnali Health Sciences Institute Teaching Hospital, Jumla. ‘My parents, who were engaged in general agricultural profession, taught me HS, but there was no possibility of teaching MBBS,’ said Naveen. ‘This dream has become possible with the investment of the municipality.’
After Patarasi Rural Municipality came up with a plan to provide grant support to students studying MBBS in the fiscal year 079/80, Naveen is the first to avail this facility. Health Branch Chief Budhthapa said that Patarasi is a backward area in the fields of education, health, and employment. There are 3,174 households in Patarasi. Locals are excited about the news that the first MBBS doctor will be produced.
