INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BAJURA, APRIL 23Construction of district hospital buildings in Bajura hasn't been
completed even though the contract period has expired.
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As per sources, only 65 per cent of the construction has finished thus
Contract for the project was signed on 18 April 2018 with a view to completing it in four years.
According to Bajura
District Hospital Chief Dr Prakashraj Joshi, the delay in the hospital building construction has affected treatment services."Without the
buildings, treatment services have been hit as not a single department is running full feldgedly," said Dr Joshi.As the existing building is
old and of limited capacity, construction of four new buildings were initiated with a plan to expand the current 15-bed hospital to a 50-bed
facility at a cost of 261 million rupees
They're being constructed under the Ministry of Urban Development.As per sources, the hospital is running many of its new services,
including its PCR laboratory from rented spaces.The data at the hospital shows that over 100 patients visit the hospital every day
As there is not enough space now, all services, including parturition and emergency services, are being given from a limited space
The contractor has lamented the hindrance caused by the COVID crisis and rainfall in the completion of the project.A version of this article
appears in the print on April 24, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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