Health Minister Announces Immediate Trauma Unit Operation in Lahan Hospital
Summary
Health Minister Nisha Mehta has announced that a trauma unit will be started immediately at Lahan Hospital in Siraha to treat highway accident victims. She also said health insurance payments have been cleared up to Falgun and that anti-snake venom will be distributed across the country starting Sunday.
Key Points
- Health Minister Nisha Mehta said a trauma unit will begin immediate operations at Lahan Hospital in Siraha.
- A full trauma center will take time because it needs a DPR, construction, and specialist doctors, but existing facilities make a trauma unit possible now.
- She said health insurance arrears up to Falgun have been paid and some insurance packages are under review.
- Mehta added that 8,500 vials of anti-snake venom have arrived in Kathmandu and distribution will begin from Sunday.
