Baglung. Jaimini Municipality has set up ‘Jaimini Citizen Health Treatment Fund’ with the goal of creating a fund of Rs 1 billion. Rs 5 million has been deposited in the fund.

The amount deposited in the fund will be spent on the treatment of patients in the municipality area from the interest.

“The municipality aims to help the citizens in the treatment of chronic diseases and diseases that cost a large amount of money. If Rs 1 billion is deposited in the fund, the citizens of the city can be helped in free treatment. The municipality has adopted a policy to add funds to the fund every year through policies and programmes,” said Mayor Nar Bahadur Pun.

According to him, the target is to raise Rs 1 billion to the fund as it costs a lot for the treatment of complex diseases including cancer, heart and kidney.