Although the government has announced that it will provide free treatment to those injured in the violent demonstrations of Rajawadi, the patients and their relatives are forced to pay for the treatment. It is difficult for the injured and their relatives who are being treated in the hospital to meet the treatment expenses.

Her family has already spent 3 lakh rupees on the treatment of Revika Khatri, a resident of Beltar Satdhare, Chaudandigarhi Municipality-6, Udaipur, who was injured by a bullet during the demonstration. Her brother Dinesh, who was shot while walking with Revika, was discharged from the hospital after 5 days. But still they have not received any help from the government. 

The government has announced that the injured will be treated free of charge. It is said that fees, medicine expenses and treatment expenses will be 'refunded'. But neither the official people from the government nor the demonstrators have come to meet them yet.

Revika is currently undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of the Civil Hospital. "His leg had to be operated twice," said sister Anita, who was taking care of her sister at the hospital. Later, after the vein did not work, it was re-operated and connected to the vein of the left leg. According to

Anita, on the day she brought her sister to the civil hospital, she spent 65,000 rupees in her bank account. "All the medicines are not available here, we have bought them from outside," said Anita, "even though it is not exactly calculated, three lakh rupees have been spent." We have heard that the money will come back if you keep the bill, but now you don't have the money to spend.'

The financial condition of the Khatri family is normal. Their family has a small milk dairy in the village. Anita and Revika's brother went to Japan as the household was unable to meet the expenses. The covid epidemic started less than a year ago. Earnings were not as expected.

"Two years ago, we spent 7 lakhs on treatment after water accumulated in my father's lungs. My mother uses medicine regularly," said Anita . Anita also studies and works in a restaurant. She said that she is also preparing to go to Japan because the financial situation at home is weak.

'My visa application date is on the 4th. I was thinking of going to Japan to run the family and pay off the debt,' said Anita, 'but now that my sister is in this situation, I can't think of anything. I am spending the money I have saved for visa and ticket for my sister's treatment. Relatives have also helped.'

Revika's father Tulsiram Khanal is a member of the executive committee nominated by the UML of Chaudandigarhi Municipality. "I was going back to study and earn a living when I was shot. My daughter did not go to the streets to protest,'' Khatri, who came to Kathmandu with his wife after hearing the news that her daughter was shot, said, 'My daughter's life has been disrupted as she was struggling with her studies in Kathmandu to do something. What will happen to his life? What will the future hold? Let this state guarantee the service facility, compensation and future that my daughter will get.'

After completing the accounting work at the food shop in Narefant, while returning to the room with his brother Dinesh Kumar Khatri, both of them were shot in the leg by the police . After the car did not run due to the demonstration, Revika went to her father's son Dinesh's house without going to her room. When they were about to reach the room, they were shot at around five o'clock in the evening.

After the main vein in the thigh is broken, it is surgically connected by bringing a vein from the other thigh. The doctor involved in the treatment said that due to the serious damage to the thigh muscles, additional surgery including plastic surgery is required.

The family has also spent about 90 thousand rupees for Dilli Prasad Luintel who is being treated in the trauma hospital after being shot in the stomach by the police. Mylo Bhai Kedar, who had arrived in Kathmandu in the night after getting the news that his brother had been injured by a bullet, came with nothing except the car fare.

He had heard that the government will take care of the treatment of the wounded. However, buying medicine outside the hospital and also paying for the test report, Kedar said, ``90,000 rupees have already been spent. Now if you have to buy medicine outside, you don't even have money. I am worried about how to eat dinner in the morning.' According to

Kedar, the trauma hospital does not have to pay money now. But no one has given them any official information about whether or not they have to pay later. "Mother passed away due to cancer, after that it was our brother who took care of the house," Kedar said, "Our house, education expenses and behavior have been running on the earnings of our brother." From whom will we ask for money and how will we pay the requested money?'

We have no one in Kathmandu, even in the villages, even the land is not sold. Our source of income is money. He was also in the hospital on Thursday due to stress about how to manage the money. He said that his brother's friends are helping by buying medicine that needs to be bought outside the hospital.

'So far, no one has come from the government side. We don't even know who to tell our problems,' said Kedar. 27-year-old Luintel, a resident of Temkemaiyung Rural Municipality-6, Bhojpur, was preparing for public service along with working at a ticket counter in Kathmandu.

He said that he was shot while trying to pick up passengers who were trying to come to the bus ticket counter on Friday. Dilli's family consists of three brothers, one sister and father. After going to Qatar and suffering for a few years, he started working at the bus counter after returning to the country.

He was being treated in the ICU and had an emergency abdominal surgery on Friday evening. After 6 weeks, the doctor said that the intestine, which was injured by the bullet, will have to be re-operated. Shambhu Darji from Bhojpur who is being treated at the trauma center is also finding it difficult to meet the expenses outside the hospital.

Shambhu left his house in Ramprasad Rural Municipality-1 Khena to fly to Qatar for foreign employment and was shot while in Kathmandu. "I got a bullet in my elbow, the doctor said that I have to operate after the wound dries up." I don't know how much longer I will have to stay in the hospital," said Shambhu, "I have run out of money to go abroad. Hospital expenses have not been paid. It has been difficult to meet the expenses of food and medicines that have to be imported.' Now her sister Bina Darji is treating her brother. Indramaya Limbu, 40, who was injured by a bullet in her left leg, was discharged from the hospital on Monday by her husband after finding money. 

Her husband Ganga Bahadur Limbu works in electricity . His wife, who was returning from Thepari, was shot and later came to the hospital after asking a friend who worked with him to pay Rs 5,000. It is difficult for this couple to support their family with the money they have worked for a month.

Ganga said that 25 thousand rupees were spent for the treatment of his wife. He said that he discharged his wife from the civil hospital after asking for the rest of the money. The Limbu couple is living with 1 son and 2 daughters. The injured and their relatives are suffering due to the lack of coordination between the hospital, the administration and the government.

Some people don't even know that money is given by the government. Although some are informed, they are facing unnecessary harassment because they don't know about the process . The Ministry of Health and Population said that they are treating the injured free of charge.

The meeting of the Nepal Government Council of Ministers on Chait 15 has instructed the ministry to make treatment management free. We have sent a letter to the hospital/called the hospital and the hospital will do the rest, said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population. Prakash Budhathoki said, "Even if someone has been discharged after treatment, we will arrange payment from the ministry if they come with the bill and the police report."

After the cabinet meeting held late on Friday decided to provide free treatment to the injured, he said that the Ministry of Health has instructed to provide free treatment to all the hospitals treating the injured and to submit the details of the expenses to the Ministry of Health.

'After the patient submits the complete details of the injury to the hospital on this day, at this time and at this place, the hospital will verify and all the treatment and medicines in the hospital will be free,' said spokesperson Budhathoki, adding, 'If it is not available in the hospital and has to be bought from outside, the bill will be submitted to the relevant hospital for a refund and the hospital will send it to the Ministry of Health and the ministry itself or the cabinet will pay.'

According to Budhathoki, if any patient does not have the financial condition to buy from outside, his family can get help from the identity card with the petition of the poor at the social security unit. He said that even though the patient was in trouble until the decision was made by the Council of Ministers on the day of the incident, after that they had already given instructions.