Rapti Provincial Hospital Faces Staffing Shortage Amidst Increased Patient Load

Dang. Rapti Provincial Hospital in Tulsipur, Dang, is currently approved for 50 beds. The hospital, which received approval for 50 beds in 2063 BS, has not received any permission to increase beds or manpower since then.

Considering the patient load, 141 beds are in operation. The hospital had sent a letter to the provincial government in 2080 BS to pass the Organization and Management (OMN) survey to make it 200 beds.

The OMN returned to the hospital after four years, informed the hospital's administration chief Hukum Bahadur Wali. "The patient load is high, we are providing services by increasing beds," he said, "The problem is due to no interest in our OMN survey for four years."

The hospital development committee chairman Mahendra Lamichhane said that the hospital faces problems in regular and effective operation as the government does not pay attention to passing the OMN when the hospital is established as a referral center. "I have just taken office," he said, "but currently there is a problem of manpower, and it is my responsibility to solve it, and I will be fully committed to resolving it."

In the survey to make it 200 beds, 515 doctors and staff were proposed. In which manpower was demanded to start specialized services. Currently, the hospital has a sanctioned staff of only 74, informed Chairman Lamichhane. He said that due to the lack of manpower, it is very difficult to cope with the patient load.