MP Sharma arranged for a year of free treatment for extremely destitute patients of Kepilasgadhi in Khotang
MP Sharma, who also owns KMC, traveled to Kepilasgadhi with a team of 30 doctors to arrange for free care of needy patients in rural areas, as well as specific concessions for poor patients.
KATHMANDU: Dr. Sunil Sharma, a member of the House of Representatives, has arranged for free care for the very poor patients of Khotang’s Kepilasgadhi Rural Municipality at Kathmandu Medical College in Sinamangal, Kathmandu, for the next year.
MP Sharma, who also owns KMC, traveled to Kepilasgadhi with a team of 30 doctors to arrange for free care of needy patients in rural areas, as well as specific concessions for poor patients.
KMC and Kepilasgadhi Rural Municipality struck an agreement on Monday. The agreement letter was signed on behalf of KMC by Chair Homadevi Neupane and General Manager Narayan Dahal, and on behalf of Kepilasgadhi Rural Municipality by Chair Sameer Rai and Chief Administrative Officer Gunjan Karki.
The agreement states that up to a 100% discount will be given for extremely impoverished Kepilasgadhi patients in KMC. Similarly, disadvantaged patients referred by the rural municipality will receive discounted therapy.
Indigent patients who visit the OPD will get a 25% discount. Patients who require admission and treatment at KMC will receive a 50% discount.
Patients will receive savings on all sorts of treatment, including MRIs, CT scans, and surgery, under the terms of the arrangement.
Dr. Sharma stated that a discount has been provided to make treatment more accessible to low-income individuals who are unable to obtain treatment. “An agreement has been signed for the next year to help the patients of Kepilasgadhi, a remote area of Khotang, and the agreement may be extended beyond that,” Dr. Sharma explained.
Meanwhile, in collaboration with Kepilasgadhi Rural Municipality and KMC, a free health camp has been planned in the village center. According to KMC General Manager Narayan Dahal, on the first day of the two-day camp, 1,356 Kepilasgadhi patients were given a free health check-up.
According to him, the camp has seen 125 people undergo video X-rays, 142 people do blood tests, and 89 people undergo ECGs. According to the KMC, when the camp in Kepilasgadhi concludes, a free health camp will be held in Rawabesi on Wednesday.
