Kavrepalanchowk, May 26: A ‘Trauma & Emergency Centre’ is to be constructed in Dhulikhel municipality-6, Dhulikhel. In this connection, Dhulikhel Hospital and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a memorandum of understanding on the initiative of the Nepal government.
The Japanese government would provide additional grant of 573 million Yen for the Trauma & Emergency Centre Improvement Project in the hospital.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel and Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ikuina Akiko, signed the grant aid agreement at the Ministry of Finance on May 16. Although a grant assistance of up to 3.29 billion yen from the Government of Japan was signed in 2023 for project implementation, due to inflation and other reasons leading to financial shortages, additional grants have now been made available, as informed by the Japanese embassy in Nepal.
The embassy stated that due to the increase in the number of patients with diseases, including those suffering from strokes and heart diseases, as well as rising use of transportation and expansion of road networks, hospitals in Nepal are facing a shortage of beds and medical equipment, leading to the provision of this assistance.
It has been indicated that such assistance will strengthen Nepal’s medical services by constructing trauma and emergency centers and related equipment in Dhulikhel, improve the quality of health and medical services, and contribute to economic growth.
The final agreement for the construction of a 100-bed trauma center in Dhulikhel has been completed between the government and the Japanese government in the fifth phase.
