Kathmandu. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and the Civil Service Hospital to provide health services to public representatives, employees, senior citizens and residents of the city. The Chief Administrative Officer of the Metropolitan City Pradeep Pariyar and the Chief Executive Director of the Hospital Prof. Dr. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Legislature Poudel. The programs that are conducted under the agreement are under the Department of Health and Social Development.
According to Chief Administrative Officer Pariyar, the memorandum of understanding was signed with the aim of providing health-related rights guaranteed by the Constitution of Nepal by providing health examination services and emergency health services to the citizens of the city through mutual coordination and cooperation in line with the concept of public-public partnership. The programs according to the memorandum of understanding will be completed by the end of Ashad(June) of the current financial year.
According to the agreement, there will be cooperation in the work of senior citizens over 75 years of age, women’s breast and cervical cancer tests, complete health check-ups of public representative employees recommended by the first party.
There will be 10 types of laboratory tests including ECG, blood sugar, CBC, X-ray by establishing a separate test room in the hospital for the treatment of senior citizens.
In order to detect breast cancer and cervical cancer that may appear in women, the women sent from the camps run by the Metropolitan Municipality for women of reproductive age will undergo HPV DNA test, biopsy, lip test (loop electro surgical excision procedure) and mammogram test. Full physical examination service will be available for employees and public representatives from 7 am to 8:30 pm on the basis of such identity card or recommendation. There will be 16 types of laboratory tests including USG, ECG, urine, uric acid, blood sugar, lipid profile.
After signing the memorandum of understanding, Paudel, the chief executive director of the hospital, said, reduction, prevention and treatment of possible epidemics and diseases that may appear suddenly, facilitation of health insurance program operation, improvement of the health system, management of resources and equipment, construction and maintenance of physical structures, parking management Among other things, he said that there will be mutual work for coordination and facilitation in institutional capacity building and hospital waste management.
Patients sent from health promotion centers of the metropolitan city will be treated in separate rooms. The hospital will recognize the examination and health examination report conducted by the Health Promotion Center of the Metropolitan Municipality. The program under this will be done by the Health Department and Hospital Administration Branch of the Metropolitan Municipality.
The commitments made during the construction of the hospital should be implemented now. We should cooperate with the hospital in Angan to fulfill the expectations of the residents of Ward 31. Saroj Dhakal, chairman of Ward 31, expressed his opinion after signing the memorandum of understanding.
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