Red Cross builds health facilities in Kavre

Kathmandu, Mar. 24: Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) handed over prefab building of health posts in Dhulikhel, Panauti and Banepa municipalities in Kaveepalanchowk district the other day.

The NRCS has constructed the building of the health posts and residential buildings that were destroyed in the devastating Gorkha Earthquake 2015 and handed them to the respective municipalities along with various health equipment, said the NRCS.

Society’s Chairman Sanjiv Thapa inaugurated Rabiopi Health Post in Dhulikhel-1, Ryale Health Post in Panauti - 1 and Mahendra Jyoti Health Post in Banepa-12.

Deputy-Mayor of Dhulikhel Bimala Sharma, Mayor of Panauti Bhim Neupane and Mayor of Banepa Laxmi Narsingh Bade received the key and the certificates of the buildings amidst a ceremony on Friday.

The total cost of building construction and equipment management was Rs. 23.5 million.

Jagannath KC and Padam KC, who donated more than 1 ropani of land to the Mahendra Jyoti Health Post, were felicitated on the occasion.

According to chief of the District Health Office Dr. Surendra Chaurasiya, of the 37 buildings of health facilities being constructed, 16 have been built.

NRCS said that the buildings were built with the financial support from the Korean Red Cross, nine other health facilities are being built in the district.

ANM of Rabiopi Samjhana Acharya said that the health post was being run from a room of a primary school, and it was quite difficult to handle counselling for the family planning and against the domestic violence.

She said that the service seekers had to be taken to a corner of the school playground in order to listen to their grievances.