President Paudel stresses equal access to health services
President Paudel shared that the nation, as per sentiments and aspirations of the constitution, has put in investment in producing skilled and specialist doctors.
KATHMANDU: President Ramchandra Paudel has said attention should be paid to ensuring general people’s equal access to health services as well as to increasing the quality of health services.
Addressing a programme organized by the Nepal Medical Association here on Tuesday, President Paudel shared that the nation, as per sentiments and aspirations of the constitution, has put in investment in producing skilled and specialist doctors.
“I believe that doctors will take their profession from the viewpoint of service internalizing the sentiments and aspirations of the constitution,” he mentioned.
The President clarified that the federal democratic republic constitution, gained from the struggle and sacrifice of the Nepali people, has guaranteed people’s basic rights to health and education.
He shared that people from remote areas are still deprived of appropriate health services, stressing the need to provide health services to skilled doctors taking such a situation seriously.
“Today on this special occasion, I request one and all to contribute to the overall development of the health sector from respective areas,” President Paudel mentioned, arguing producing skilled and specialist doctors in the country is a matter of happiness for all of us.
The President expressed the belief that the role of NMA would be further effective to achieve remarkable improvement in health sector and ensure quality health services in further days.
On the occasion, President Paudel honoured Dr Gauri Shankar Lal Das, Dr Mrigendra Raj Pandey, Dr Dinesh Nath Gangol, Dr DB Karki and Dr Saraswoti Padhya with the ‘Legend in Medicine’ award.
