Kathmandu. Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has provided a grant of Rs one crore to Kirtipur Hospital for the treatment of burns and improvement of health services.
Acting Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Sunita Dangol, handed over a cheque for the amount to the hospital at a programme related to the handover of tools and equipment and establishment of the Burn Treatment Fund. Acting Chief Dangol said that every citizen should have access to health services and no citizen should be deprived of medical treatment due to financial constraints. She said the metropolis has been collaborating with various hospitals to end the situation of patients from poor economic status being deprived of health services due to high cost of health services. According to him, the metropolis has been collaborating with various hospitals including Bir Hospital, Trauma Center, Teaching Hospital, Kanti Children’s Hospital, Gangalal Heart Center. Similarly, she said that the KMC has been collaborating with Kirtipur Hospital since the past. Dangol informed that the metropolis has constructed a lift at Kirtipur Hospital from the budget of the fiscal year 2081/82 and has also provided X-ray machine, anesthesia machine and generator. She said that with the use of modern X-ray machines, the time taken to serve patients has decreased and the long wait for service recipients has been reduced. According to him, an average of 9
0 to 100 patients are receiving services from the X-ray machine daily. According to her, the hospital has been providing more effective service through anesthesia equipment.
Dangol said that electricity supply is a very sensitive issue in the health service and the generator has been handed over to prevent the treatment service from being affected due to the power disruption in the hospital. “There is no second chance in the health service. Therefore, the medical services should not be allowed to be disrupted under any circumstances,” she said.
She also said that there has been a significant improvement in the field of burn treatment in the last decade. According to her, in 2014, the chances of saving up to 40 percent of burns were very low, but now the survival rate of such patients has reached about 50 percent.
Dangol said the hospital has set a target of increasing the survival rate to at least 50 per cent of the patients with burns to 70 per cent in the next 10 years.
She said that the lack of necessary infrastructure, equipment and technology is the main challenge in the treatment of burns rather than the efficiency of doctors and health workers. Stating that the rate of saving the lives of patients with excessive burns is high in developed countries, she stressed the need to expand access to modern technology and necessary materials in Nepal as well.
Dangol said that the metropolis has adopted a policy of not only spending the budget but also investing in necessary and effective sectors. He said that after discussions with the hospital, it has been decided to invest in health services and not only physical infrastructure.
“The hospital is not only the building, equipment and infrastructure, but also the services provided from there,” she said, “So this time we have decided to invest in the services and not only the infrastructure.””The Rs 1 crore provided by the Metropolitan City will be deposited in the Burn Treatment Fund of the hospital. The fund will provide free treatment up to a maximum of Rs 2 lakh to the affected patients, Dangol said.
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