TULASIPUR, July 11: The Rapti Provincial Hospital is struggling to provide services effectively due to a human resource crunch. Started in 2064 BS as a 50-bed hospital, the health facility has now been expanded to 200 beds. But, the size of the workforce is the same. 

As a result of the lack of required workforce, the hospital is lagging behind in providing effective services, said the hospital administration. 

The hospital's efforts for two years to add human resources for itself have yet to be fruitful due to various reasons. 

The hospital has time and again taken up the matter with the people's representatives. But, a solution is yet to be found. 

On Sunday, the Hospital Development Committee Chair Padam Prasad Neupane met with visiting Minister of State for Health and Population, Hira Chandra KC, and complained about the matter. 

Similarly, some days ago, representatives of the hospital also took up the matter with the Minister for Health of Lumbini Province, Indrajit Tharu. 

"The process for managing human resources for the hospital started two years ago. Now the related documents have landed in the Office of Chief Minister, it has been heard. We do not know why the documents are stuck there," said Neupane. 

The documents have to go through the Office of Chief Minister, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance for approval. So, the process should be completed soon, he said. 

Stating that the hospital has been often criticized as ‘a hospital that refers its patients to other hospitals', its Medical Superintendent Dr Binod Singh has sought the required qualified workforces for effective services. 

The hospital does not have its own separate income sources. So, it cannot add employees on its own, he said. "The hospital offers magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), video X-ray, CT scan and X-ray. The pressure of patients is increasing. But there is a lack of human resources."

Its efforts to launch ICU service has been thwarted because of the lack of human resources, said Dr Singh. 

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