Free blood for poor families in more hospitals in Kathmandu
Those targeted communities receiving treatment at Kanti Children's Hospital at Maharajgunj and Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital will avail of blood for free.
KATHMANDU: The impoverished families admitted in designated public healthcare facilities in the Kathmandu district will get blood service free of cost from June 15.
Those targeted communities receiving treatment at Kanti Children’s Hospital at Maharajgunj and Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital will avail of blood for free.
The Central Blood Transfusion Service Centre run by Nepal Red Cross Society and District Health Office, Kathmandu signed an agreement for the same recently. Centre’s director Divyaraj Poudel and DHO, Kathmandu’s Chief Basanta Adhikari inked the agreement.
The Bagmati State government will bear the expenses for the same. Earlier, the service was launched in Bir Hospital and Chandeshwori Hospital at Tokha and for Kirtipur dwellers.
The free blood service will be expanded to other public healthcare facilities in other districts in Bagmati State. The Red Cross Society with the financial assistance of the Gandaki State government has started providing free blood services on February 13 this year.
Nepal Red Cross Society, extending gratitude for the cooperation in the campaign, said that it was hopeful of the continuation of cooperation in the coming days.
