The municipality has taken the initiative to construct a new building with a foreign loan grant from the German Development Bank after the old health post building in Bagarkot was dilapidated and leaking, causing increasing problems in service operations.
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The construction of a health post building with state-of-the-art facilities has been completed at a cost of Rs 70 million in Bhageshwor Rural Municipality-4, Bagakot. Once the new building is operational, villagers expect to receive quality health services nearby.
The old health post building in Bagarkot was dilapidated and leaking, causing increasing problems in service operation. For this reason, the rural municipality has taken the initiative to construct a new building with the foreign loan grant of the German Development Bank.
Dhangadhi-based Uchchakoti Nirman Sewa Pvt. Ltd. was given the responsibility of constructing the building. The agreement for this project, which has a total cost of Rs 71.7 million including VAT, was signed on Falgun 7, 2080. Although the deadline for construction was set for Shrawan 4, 2082, the contractor company has stated that the work has been delayed due to some technical difficulties. The company is preparing to hand over the building to the project within the next two weeks. After that, the project will hand over the building to the municipality.
According to Bhageshwor Rural Municipality Chairman Hemraj Chataut, once the new building comes into operation, the situation of Bagarkot and surrounding residents having to travel far for health treatment will end. ‘We are planning to expand the service by mobilizing skilled manpower including MBBS doctors as much as possible,’ he said, ‘We expect this to serve not only Bhageshwor but also the people of neighboring municipalities.’
However, he said that the federal government’s cost-cutting policy has created a situation where local health workers are being cut, which is likely to affect health services in rural areas. He mentioned that the shortage of staff in sensitive areas like education and health could become a serious problem. Chairman Chataut said that the rural municipality has also taken forward the construction of a 10-bed hospital in the rural area of Rupal to strengthen the health sector.
With the construction of the building, locals have emphasized that health services should be of high quality and convenient. ‘In the past, due to the shortage of health workers and medicines, people have been forced to go to the district headquarters or outer cities for even general treatment.’ We hope that the new building will end that compulsion,’ said Ramesh Prasad Pant, a local of Bagarkot. He also said that if the problem of manpower shortage persists, it will be difficult to get quality services.
Local Rekha Panta expressed the need for female specialist doctors in rural areas and expressed the view that special attention should be paid to women's health problems. She said that if there is a female specialist doctor at the health post, women here will find it easier to get treatment.
