Patan Hospital to be upgraded

Kathmandu, August 1: The Patan Hospital running under the Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Lalitpur district will be upgraded.

The 600-bed Hospital will be developed into 1,200-bed health facilities for which suggestions are being collected on the environment impact assessment (EIA) report. 

A meeting presided over by Joint-Secretary at Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE) Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan here today suggested to develop physical infrastructures that are intended to deliver quality healthcare service to people in an environmentally responsible manner.

In light of increasing importance of the Hospital lately, Joint-Secretary Pradhan underscored timely completion of the upgradation works.

Likewise, Ramesh Bahadur Basnet, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of MoFE, viewed that the construction of modern and environmental-friendly infrastructures should be emphasized while expanding the Hospital's infrastructures. 

The Hospital spans across 52 ropani in Lalitpur Metropolitan City-5 in Lalitpur district and has been providing OPD services to around 2,000 patients on a daily basis.

Academy's Registrar Dr Parash Kumar Acharya shared that the Hospital's capacity was going be enhanced considering the increasing patients' flow.

Dr Jyoti Prasad Gajurel, Chief of the Nepal Rural and Advancement Committee Pvt Ltd which is reviewing the EIA report, informed that the Hospital will have double basement and modern eight-storey buildings after its upgradation. 

The upgradation project is expected to cost Rs 10 billion. While conducting EIA, issues of waste management, traffic management and environmentally-friendly infrastructures will be taken into consideration. (RSS)