KATHMANDU: The Government of India has gifted 20 Kidney Dialysis Machines to the Government of Nepal.
India’s Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, handed over the first tranche of 20 KDMs to Minister for Health and Population, Padam Giri, amidst a programme organised in Kathmandu, on Monday.
On the occasion, Ambassador Srivastava said the Government of Nepal demanded dialysis machines from India a year ago.
“The Embassy hopes the availability of additional dialysis machines will help strengthen Nepal’s health infrastructure,” he said.
The ambassador informed that various Nepal-India joint development projects were under construction in Nepal. “The Nepal–India Friendship Trauma Centre, BP Koirala Hospital and other different projects supported by India have contributed to strengthening Nepal’s health sector.”
Under small projects, India has been assisting Nepal to build community hospitals and get medical equipment and medicines since 2023, according to the Ambassador. “Now India supports 10 projects in Nepal based in Siraha to Sindhuli.”
He said, the Government of India has so far provided 950 ambulances at different times and it plans to increase that to 1,000 soon.
Receiving the assistance, the Minister expressed gratitude to the Government of India for the valuable support. “Still dialysis services are not easily and largely accessible to kidney patients,” he said, pledging to properly utilise the support for the cause of the needy. The Health Minister also acknowledged India’s assistance during the 2015 earthquake and Covid 19 pandemic.
India has pledged to provide Nepal with 200 dialysis machines of which 20 machines were handed over to Nepal in the first phase.
Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dev Kumari Guragain, said the equipment will be supplied to various hospitals across the country on a need basis.
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Published Date: February 21, 2023, 12:00 am
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