Bagmati Province Chief Minister Announces Plan to Upgrade Health Science Academy to University Status

Hetauda. Bagmati Province Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniya announced that the Madan Bhandari Health Science Academy under the provincial government will be developed into a university.

While inaugurating the newly constructed 200-bed (specialized service) building of Hetauda Hospital under the Madan Bhandari Health Science Academy today, he stated that the process to develop the Madan Bhandari Health Science Academy into a university in the near future has already begun.

“By the time students enrolled in the Madan Bhandari Health Science Academy receive their certificates, it will have become the Madan Bhandari Health Science University,” Chief Minister Baniya said, adding, “The provincial government has already moved forward with the work for this, and it will be completed soon.”

Stating that democracy is a system for the poor, he expressed commitment to providing accessible and quality healthcare services to the poor and assured that there would be no shortage of manpower or physical infrastructure at Hetauda Hospital.

Asserting that while politics is natural during elections, it should not interfere with the fields of public health and education, Chief Minister Baniya stated that the Health Science Academy should work to provide specialized services not only to Hetauda Hospital but also to hospitals in all 13 districts of the province.

Expressing confidence that the manpower produced by the Academy will help deliver health services to hospitals located in all districts and at the municipal level of the province, he emphasized that education must now be imparted through learning and teaching. Stating that the provincial government is striving to improve the health sector and provide citizens with easy, accessible, and quality health services, Chief Minister Baniya mentioned that while 14 dialysis machines were previously installed at Hetauda Hospital, 16 more have now been added at once, bringing the total to 30.

Bagmati Province Health Minister Kiran Thapa Magar committed to ensuring no shortage of medicines and equipment in district hospitals and health institutions under the province. Stating that the provincial government is also running programs, including scholarships, to enable children of the poor to become doctors, Health Minister Thapa Magar said that the situation where any citizen has to lose their life due to lack of treatment will be ended.

Former Chief Minister Dormani Poudel, former Provincial Health Minister Ekalal Shrestha, and others expressed confidence that the construction of the hospital building will facilitate the expansion of hospital services.

According to Bhupendra Kumar Yadav, Chief Engineer of the Urban Development and Building Office Makwanpur Hetauda, the hospital building was constructed at a total cost of Rs 26 crore 64 lakh 25 thousand 280, including VAT.