NLIC to help establish community hospital in Sindhupalchok

By A Staff Reporter Kathmandu, May 20: National Life Insurance Company and One Step Foundation have forged partnership to establish and operate a community hospital in Thokarpa Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok district. 

The hospital will be established and managed under the initiative of the Foundation and the company will provide financial assistance of Rs. 2 million every year for three years to support operation of the hospital. 

With the help of the company, a 15-bed community hospital will be established which is expected to serve around 50,000 people living in the area with quality health care.

The two institutions signed an agreement on Thursday for the same. Chief Executive Officer of NLIC Suresh Prasad Khatri and President of the Foundation Dr. Suman Thapa signed the agreement. 

Speaking at the agreement signing programme, Khatri said that the company has been active in the field of social responsibility for years by providing financial assistance in the fields of education, health, disaster management and environment protection. He expressed happiness to be the part of the health initiative. 

The Foundation is a non-governmental organisation working in the field of health, and has been providing free health services in remote areas of Nepal since 2015. 

Working with Nepali volunteers, the foundation, in collaboration with local governments and local partners, has set up health camps, especially in remote areas, to provide health care, it said.