Khwopa Hospital receives health supplies from TAR  

June 13, Bhaktapur: A municipality in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China has provided health supplies to Khwopa Hospital run by Bhaktapur Municipality.

TAR’s Shannan Municipality, which has established a sisterly relation with Bhaktapur Municipality, provided health supplies worth 10.921 million rupees.

The health supplies include a set of the ventilator, 32 oxygen concentrators, 100 oxygen cylinders, and 50 ICU beds.

The life-saving equipment sent through Tatopani Check Point have been kept at the Public Health Centre in Chyamasingh, said Municipality Mayor Sunil Prajapati.

Prajapati shared that the exchange of support between the two municipalities would further deepen the mutual relationship and friendship.

The sisterly relationship was established between the two municipalities in 2016.
He further said that Bhaktapur Municipality had requested Shannan Municipality for support after Shannan Municipality sent a letter to Bhaktapur Municipality expressing its concern after the massive spread of the second wave of coronavirus in Nepal.

Bhaktapur Municipality has now been running a 75-bed COVID Unit including a 25-bed HDU under the Khwopa Hospital at Multipurpose Building at Bramhayani.