HoR session: Govt. urged to amend mental health policy, implement health insurance

Kathmandu: Lawmakers have drawn the government’s attention to its priority to amend the mental health policy, implement a health insurance programme in well-equipped hospitals and ‘digital’ service delivery.

During the ‘urgency hour’ of today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, KP Khanal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party stressed that ruling and opposition parties should stand together to amend mental health-related policy to resolve problems related to mental health, including self-immolation and depression.

Similarly, Raj Kishor Mahato of the same party asked the government to implement a health insurance programme in the country’s largest and well-equipped hospitals. Purna Prasad Limbu of Shram Sanskriti Party and Ringala Yadav of CPN (UML) urged the government to immediately resolve the problems surfaced in the central server of the Department of Transport management.

Likewise, Niscal Rai of the Nepali Congress drew the attention of bodies concerned to immediately carry out repair and maintenance of the dilapidated roads of Ilam, while Belawati Sharma of the Nepali Communist Party asked the administration to search for Mina Karki, 45, of Gulmi, who went missing in the course of crossing Resha rivulet.

Dhanendra Karki and Som Sharma of RSP requested the government to keep the state mechanism on standby to immediately provide relief and rehabilitation to the disaster-hit people.

Similarly, Rajendra Kumar Rai of the CPN (UML) urged the government to address the demands of employees on a contract and temporary basis.

RSS