Amid increasing problems for COVID patients triggered by shortage of oxygen, a non-government organisation — Bone Heart Worldwide — helped Dhading Hospital with 10 oxygen cylinders on Monday.
KATHMANDU, June 23: The Province Affairs Committee of the Bagmati Province Assembly has demanded details of budgetary allocations the province government made for disaster risk reduction and management in the upcoming fiscal year 2021/22.
According to the province affairs committee, it has directed the province government to provide with information as to what programme along with budgetary allocations have been envisaged for the management and mitigation of disaster risks in the province within 15 days.
Expressing concern over the big loss of lives and properties in the floods and landslides-hit areas of Sindhupalchowk, Committee Chairperson Madhav Poudel shared that information related to short-term and long-term plan, policy and budget to address natural calamities in different vulnerable areas of the province was demanded so as to increase disaster preparedness accordingly.
Demanding data of those vaccinated with first and second dose against coronavirus in the province, the Committee has said that on-site data collection to this effect will be carried out in Rasuwa, Dhading and Nuwakot districts in the first phase.
Meanwhile, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Makawanpur has aided sets of oxygen generator and cylinders to Hetauda Hospital based in the province headquarters, Hetauda. The RPP Makawanpur on Tuesday handed over 35 sets of oxygen cylinders and an oxygen generator to the hospital. The aided materials were procured with the financial assistance of founder of Amar Dhan Memorial Foundation Trilok Gurung and Hon Kong-based trader Sin Hetung, RPP Makawanpur sources said.
Likewise, the Makawanpur-Korea Forum has provided health support materials worth amounting to Rs 200,000 to COVID hospital being run in Raksirang rural municipality of Makawanpur.
DHADING, May 12: The Federation of Nepalese Crusher and Mines Entrepreneurs’ Association (FNCMEA) have jointly provided 47 filled oxygen cylindered to be returned later to the temporary Covid-19 hospital set up by Dhading Hospital.
This help is as part of corporate responsibility of the organisations to help people in such crisis, said the Federation General Secretary Purushottam Regmi.
The provided oxygen cylinders would be of a great help in the treatment of Covid-19 patients at a time when there is a scarcity of oxygen, said the hospital medical superintendent Tribhuvan Chandra Jha.
Likewise, the Washing Cement Industry has donated 15 filled oxygen cylinders to the hospital. The hospital has used 25 to 30 oxygen cylinders in the treatment of Covid-19 patients on a daily basis, said the hospital chair Mahendra Dhamala.
The Federation of Nepalese Crusher and Mines Entrepreneurs’ Association (FNCMEA) have jointly provided 47 filled oxygen cylindered to be returned later to the temporary Covid-19 hospital set up by Dhading Hospital.
