Kathmandu, 26 October: The Ministry of Health and Population has (MoHP) has directed the health institutions to provide cost-free health treatment to the people infected with Covid-19 who cannot afford the expenses.
Stating it would be against the principle of the hospital service and the code of conduct of health workers to deny access to treatment to any patient for lack of medical expenses, the Ministry instructed all the government, community, private and non-governmental hospitals and medical colleges to provide cost-free treatment to those infected unable to bear the cost.
The Ministry’s this directive comes in the context of complaints of several hospitals asking for fees while admitting the Covid-19 patients and denying treatment to those not able to deposit certain amount.
The MoHP has stated that the Government of Nepal provides free health treatment to the poor and indigent, helpless, disabled and the senior citizens. A self-declaration by the patient would be alone acceptable for this. It has also made it clear that the government would bear the medical expenses of the patients of the targeted groups.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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