Bhaktapur District Declared Fully Vaccinated District
Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur district has been declared a fully vaccinated district after all the children within the district, numbering 10,743, completed their complete vaccinations.
At a program organized by the District Public Health Office in Madhyapurthimi, Bagmati Province Health Minister Kiran Thapa Magar declared Bhaktapur district as a fully vaccinated assurance district and handed over the certificate.
On the occasion, Provincial Minister Thapa said that the vaccination program has not only saved the lives of children but also laid the foundation for building a healthy society. He informed that a budget of Rs 15 crore has been allocated for the expansion of heart disease services at Bhaktapur Hospital, installation of a state-of-the-art MRI machine at Khwopa Hospital, and budget has been set aside to develop Suryabinayak Nagar Hospital as a trauma center.
Bagmati Province Minister of Culture and Tourism Suresh Shrestha said that Bhaktapur Hospital has been established as the best hospital in the country.
Bagmati Province Ministry of Health Secretary Dr. Sumitra Gautam expressed the view that the declaration of full vaccination assurance has reduced child mortality by about 80 percent every year, so maintaining its sustainability is a great responsibility.
Chief of Public Health Office Bhaktapur, Anjana Khadka, informed that 5,050 children in the district from birth to 16 months and 5,684 children from 16 months to 23 months have received all the necessary vaccinations completely.
District Vaccination Coordination Committee Coordinator and Acting Chief of the District Coordination Committee Sujata Bade said that with the declaration of full vaccination assurance, its sustainability must be maintained through regular monitoring, public awareness enhancement, and service expansion.
On the occasion, all four municipalities, the health office, various stakeholders, and female health volunteers who contributed to making the full vaccination assurance campaign successful were honored.
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