KATHMANDU, March 23: The District Hospital Doti has started providing free ambulance services to pregnant women visiting the hospital for delivery. 

The hospital decided not to charge for the ambulance service to those women visiting the hospital for delivery till the end of the current fiscal year.

The hospital’s Chairperson Dhan Bahadur Nepali said the ambulance service has been made free of cost if the hospital refers the patient to any hospital of the country for delivery service. 

He opined, "The hospital started providing free ambulance service as a relief to pregnant women from the low economic strata and those who are at high-risk due to complicated pregnancy cases."  

An arrangement has been made to provide Rs 2,000 to those taking delivery services in the hospital as transportation charge. 

Radha Chand of Badikedar Rural Municipality-2 said it has become easier for pregnant women of rural areas after the operation of free ambulance service. 

Officiating Medical Superintendent of the Hospital, Dr Nirajan Shrestha, said this program would benefit the women who have to be brought to the district hospital for failing to give birth in health institutions located in rural areas. 

(RSS) 

 
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