Bhaktapur Hospital committed to clearing arrears

DADELDHURA, September 7: Bhaktapur Hospital has launched a campaign to clear the arrears. Medical Superintendent Dr Sumitra Gautam said the arrears accumulated from the previous administration would be reduced to nil.

"We've now changed the hospital. The hospital had scored 38 in the hospital strengthening evaluation in the beginning, which is now reached 87," she asserted, adding that the Bhaktapur Hospital has been able to achieve the award 'Best Hospital of Bagmati Province'.

Previously, hardly 80 to 150 patients used to visit the hospital in a day, which has now reached 750 to 800 patients with the expansion of quality service. 

The Hospital has assigned an officer Natibabu Khatri to reduce the arrears. As per information shared by the Ministry of Health and Population, Bhaktapur Hospital has the arrears of Rs 36 million in total till the fiscal year 2075/2076, said Khatri.

There is expenditure but no valid documents on it. "We have launched campaign how such huge arrears can be cleared," he added. Even the employees transferred to other facilities from the hospital have been written about the mounting arrears.