Chitwan Medical College to Operate Super-Specialty Hospitals in Kathmandu and Hetauda

Chitwan. Chitwan Medical College (CMC) is to operate super-specialty hospitals in Kathmandu's Tinkune and Hetauda of Makwanpur under its leadership.

The hospital construction in Tinkune is in its final stage, while the foundation stone for the Hetauda hospital was recently laid. CMC Chairman and Managing Director Prof. Dr. Harishchandra Neupane said that the hospital in Kathmandu will be operational from Ghatasthapana of the upcoming Dashain under the name CMC Kathmandu. The hospital is being operated with an investment of over Rs 12 billion on 100 ropanis of land. Neupane said that Medanta Hospital of India will manage it from the beginning of its operation.

The hospital will provide super-specialty services including cancer. He said, "We are operating a hospital with state-of-the-art equipment with a large investment, providing services that can be offered by well-equipped hospitals in the world." This 300-bed hospital will primarily treat cancer, and will also provide all kinds of specialist services. Experienced specialist doctors who have studied in various countries around the world will provide services from the hospital.

He said that this will be the largest hospital in the private sector with Nepali investment. He claimed that once this hospital comes into operation, patients going to India and other countries will receive similar services in Nepal.

Similarly, the construction of CMC Hetauda Hospital has been started under the leadership of Chitwan Medical College. It has been started on 19 kattha of land adjacent to the highway, located in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-4.

Hospital Chairman and Managing Director Pratap Devkota said that a 100-bed super-specialty hospital is being operated with services to start from Dashain of 2084 BS. An investment of around Rs 2.50 billion is estimated.

He said that the residents of Makwanpur and surrounding districts will benefit once this hospital, in which locals are also partners, starts operating under the leadership of CMC. Local people will also get employment opportunities. Currently, patients from those areas are forced to go to Bharatpur, Kathmandu, and even India for specialized services.

Chitwan Medical College, established 20 years ago in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-10, has been providing services with 700 beds. This hospital, which treats many patients among the medical colleges in Nepal, conducts health education programs of Tribhuvan University.