PM Dahal to inaugurate China-assisted 50-bed hospital in Sindupalchowk

May 29, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ will inaugurate a new hospital at Sindhupalchok district headquarters, Chautara, built with China’s assistance. The PM is scheduled to arrive by helicopter at 1 pm on Wednesday.

The hospital, destroyed in the 2015 earthquake, was being operated in a temporary structure.

China provided a 61.1 million RMB (over Rs. 1.1 billion) subsidy for the reconstruction.

The China Aid Sindhupalchok Hospital Recovery Project, which started on September 9, 2022, was completed in 18 months, according to Dr. Rudramani Bhandari, medical superintendent of Chautara Hospital.

The 50-bed hospital includes a medical complex, water pump room, medical waste room, generator shed, and medical equipment.

The Chinese government supplied necessary surgical materials and built a vaccination centre, a police office, a fire control centre, and treatment rooms for tuberculosis and HIV(AIDS) patients. It also installed a 450 KV generator and medical wastewater processing equipment.

Facilities include a pharmacy, consultation room, physiotherapy room, outpatient room, children’s room, laboratory, emergency room, nursing station, dressing room, and X-ray rooms.

The first floor houses the internal department, maternity department, operating rooms, recovery room, and children’s treatment room. The second floor has the administrative office, training hall, operation department, library, conference room, and hospital director’s room. The third floor has a water treatment room and laundry facilities.

State-of-the-art operating systems are installed on all floors. After the formal handover to the Nepal government, a Chinese technical team will stay for three more years to train staff on the machinery and systems.