Rs. 1.5 billion allocated for rebuilding health facilities

Kathmandu December 8- The National Planning Commission has allocated Rs 1.5 billion for reconstruction of hospital and health facilities damaged by the April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks. The NPC, which has been assigned to oversee reconstruction works until the National Reconstruction Authority Bill is approved by Parliament, allocated the amount to rebuild the health facilities.

Mahendra Shrestha, chief of Policy, Planning and International Cooperation Division at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), said the amount would be disbursed in the districts soon to begin the reconstruction works.

 

According to government’s Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, infrastructure of five hospitals, 12 Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs), 417 Health Posts (HPs) and 12 other facilities in the public sector were destroyed by the earthquake which also caused partial damage to a total of 701 public health facility structures. Similarly, the private sector has reported that 16 health facilities, including those operated by NGOs and community institutions, were destroyed with another 64 partially damaged, the document reads.

Sindhupalchok, the worst-affected of the 14 districts hit by the quake, witnessed 62 health posts being completely obliterated. Besides, the district hospitals along with three Primary Health Care Centres were damaged. Source: TKP