KATHMANDU, March 29: The Health Department of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has submitted a 26-point suggestion letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, at the Ministry in Kathmandu on Thursday.
The suggestions are for the improvement of the health sector, RSP claimed. A team led by Dr Toshima Karki, member of the House of Representatives and head of the health department of the RSP, submitted the charter of suggestions to Health Minister Yadav.
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The recommendations include, among other things, the need to make emergency healthcare services the full responsibility of the State, to make the health insurance program a high priority and make it strong, easy and transparent, to review treatment and healthcare fees, to ensure the management of medical and health human resources, and to create necessary posts as soon as possible.
Similarly, the RSP has suggested that in order to understand the condition of the equipment purchased in hospitals and health institutions, the monitoring and regulation of healthcare providers be intensified in a coordinated framework by making the regulatory bodies of the health sector more active. Similarly, the party says , in the long term, all regulatory bodies should come together to form a 'Healthcare Regulatory Council'.
Presenting the suggestions, Dr Karki said, “We have a team of experts working in the health sector. We have done our homework on health issues. We are ready to cooperate and collaborate.”
While receiving the recommendation letter, Health Minister Yadav mentioned that there is a need for many reforms in the health sector. "The main thing is that the general public should get quality and affordable health services at hospitals. There is a need for equipment and manpower," Health Minister Yadav said, expressing his commitment to follow the RSP’s suggestions, and ask for help when needed.
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