According to Dr Samikshya Kandel, medical superintendent of the hospital, it is difficult to transport the patients inside the hospital as the ambulance breaks down frequently.TAG_OPEN_div_16 “The hospital has only one ambulance, but it is only in name,” he said.
He said that the problem is complicated due to lack of reliable ambulances when serious patients have to be referred to hospitals in Pokhara and other convenient places due to natural disasters, accidents and other reasons.TAG_OPEN_div_14 He lamented that they had repeatedly requested the supply section of the Health Ministry for the supply of new ambulances for the past two years, but they have not received it yet.
Out of five local levels of Mustang, four have eight ambulances, but only half of them are in operation.TAG_OPEN_div_10 However, there is not a single ambulance in Waragung Mukti Chhetra Rural Municipality. However, the ambulances of Lomanthang and Loghekar Damodar Kunda rural municipalities of Upper Mustang are running smoothly.
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