Dispute Erupts Over Upgrading Lamki Hospital to Provincial Status Amidst Coordination Failure

Dhangadhi. The upgrading of the 15-bed Lamki Hospital in Lamki Chuha Municipality, Kailali, to a 50-bed Provincial Hospital has become controversial.The upgrading work is in limbo due to a lack of coordination and administrative arrogance between the Sudurpashchim Provincial Government and the Lamki Chuha Municipality. The issue of hospital upgrading has become contentious as a battle of prestige is currently underway between the two governments instead of cooperation in development work.The Provincial Government sought to take this hospital under its jurisdiction with the objective of upgrading it and providing specialist services. The dispute seems to have escalated because the Provincial...