Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to launch a two-wheeler (motorcycle) ambulance service. 

The metropolis has stated that it has started preparations to launch a two-wheeler ambulance service to make the ambulance service scientific, practical and more convenient. 

Acting Chief of the metropolis Sunita Dhangol has instructed the Health Department to prepare for the operation of two-wheeler ambulances to reach the places where emergencies arise as quickly as possible in case of complex health conditions. 

‘To reach the places where the ambulance is as quickly as possible, where is the ambulance you have called coming? Let's bring a system so that the relatives of the patient can know who is in the ambulance,’ she said in a discussion with stakeholders, ‘Let's create a mechanism to reach the place where the patient is immediately by motorcycle ambulance in cases where it takes time for the ambulance to reach due to heavy traffic.’ The metropolis has stated that doctors will be sent to the motorcycle ambulance before taking the patient to the hospital. 

The Metropolitan City has stated that it has entered into an agreement with the Nepal Ambulance Service to operate the service since April 2076. The Metropolitan City has also stated that it has provided a grant of Rs 134.4 million after the agreement. Currently, the practice of operating the service costs Rs 1,605 per patient and the Metropolitan City has been bearing the cost itself. 

The possibility of financial partnership between other municipalities in the valley in the service of the Metropolitan City should be discussed, said Deepak Kumar KC, Head of the Metropolitan City Health Department. The issue of increasing the quality of service by reducing costs should be studied, said Dr. Shivaraj Adhikari, Head of the Finance Department.