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In
fact the hospital has come a long way in the last six years. It had commenced
services from its two rooms under the leadership of Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju
Shrestha, while the hospital was formally inaugurated by Late King Birendra.
The hospital which was founded by Dr Shrestha after returning from Austria
is spread over 44 ropanis of land while the number of trained doctors is
23. Similarly there are 64 nurses and 39 health technicians. The number
of visitors adds up to 59,000.
Meanwhile
the hospital is being run on the strength of the community backing and
involvement of Dhulikhel Municipality, Association of Health Services and
Nepal Med-Austria. |
Hospital
has been also conducting three-year training in co-operation with Kathmandu
University in the area of general medical training and clinical health
laboratory functioning. Similarly it has also commenced ophthalmic training
in co-operation with Tilganga Hospital and physiotherapy training in co-operation
with United Mission to Nepal.
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Dhulikhel
Hospital to extend free services to children, pregnant women
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Dhulikhel
Hospital, the first and perhaps the only community-run hospital under no
profit basis in the country, completed its five years of establishment
in 2003. And the occasion was marked with pledges to enlarge its scope
of its services. The hospital decided to extend free medical services to
children under the age of five and pregnant mothers now onwards. Visitors
under this category would be entitled to prompt service round the clock.
Services will include vaccination and free medical check-up.
The
hospital had immunised nearly 1200 pregnant mothers and over 750 children
last year from different diseases. Stress is being laid on providing uterine
service and fertility care to the local women. Nearly 124 pregnant mothers
were operated upon at the hospital to give birth at the end of the pregnancies. |
The
hospital had extended medical services to nearly 700 women visitors last
year, with 24 of them being patients of cancer. The hospital has also conducted
training to women in emergency pregnancy care. Meanwhile, the hospital
is currently extending medical services concerning heart diseases, lung
and kidney complications and other complicated ailments.
