INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, February 2
In a session of the National Assembly today, the Upper House members sought the guarantee on the implementation of
citizens& right to basic health care services ensured by the constitution.
They said the government should take precautionary measures
against the deadly coronavirus
The novel coronavirus, which originated from Wuhan of Hubei Province in China has posed global health threat
Speaking at the zero hour of the session, Nepali Congress lawmaker Radheshyam Adhikari said citizens were not able to get the medicines
announced by the government to be provided for free
&People easy access to health and education should be ensured, but the situation is that discrimination exists in the name of public and
private services,& he added.
Another member from the same party, Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi, sought the government attention to control and
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Dr Bimala Rai urged the government to take seriously the death of eight Indian tourists due to suffocation
caused by the use of a gas heater in Daman-based resort and pay heed to the physical safety of the people
Rastriya Janata Party Brikhesh Chandra Lal asked the government to address border and nationality issues.
NCP Meena Budha expressed concern
about the shortage of English teachers in rural community schools
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Pramila Kumari asked the government to bring the Citizenship Bill while NCP Sher Bahadur Kunwar called for
elimination of chhaupadi practice in the mid-and far-west Nepal.
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