Kathmandu, Mar. 26: Korea
International Cooperation Agency (KOIKA) has constructed maternity building and
26 bedded hospital building at Tikapur Hospital, Kailali.
Country director of KOICA Nepal
Office Dr. Hyungkyoo Kim and regional health director of Ministry of Health Dr.
Sushil Nath Pyakuryal jointly inaugurated the newly constructed infrastructure
amidst a programme Sunday.
According to a press statement
issued by the KOICA, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the hospital
building project was signed between Korea and Nepal on December 9, 2011 for
grant aid of 5.5 million USD.
The Tikapur Hospital has now been
upgraded to 51-bed.
KOICA has also established 6
health posts in Tikapur area and supported medical equipment as well as
organised capacity building programme for the medical human resources in Nepal.
The inauguration ceremony was
accompanied by members of the Hospital Committee, KOICA officials and local
stakeholders.
"KOICA is also supporting
the government of Nepal through National Health Insurance Support Program
(NHISP) since 2013. Recently, KOICA handed over USD 200,000 worth of medical
equipments to 4 Primacy Health Care Centers (PHCCs) in
Tikapur area on March 23," read the statement.
KOICA has been supporting Nepal
in the area of health, education and agriculture and capacity building of human
resources since 1991.
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