Kathmandu, May 19
National Life Insurance Company
and One Step Foundation have forged partnership to establish and operate a
community hospital in Thokarpa Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok district.
The hospital will be established
and managed under the initiative of the Foundation and the company will provide
financial assistance of Rs. 2 million every year for three years to support
operation of the hospital.
With the help of the company, a 15-bed
community hospital will be established which is expected to serve around 50,000
people living in the area with quality health care.
The two institutions signed an
agreement on Thursday for the same. Chief Executive Officer of NLIC Suresh
Prasad Khatri and President of the Foundation Dr. Suman Thapa signed the
agreement.
Speaking at the agreement signing
programme, Khatri said that the company has been active in the field of social
responsibility for years by providing financial assistance in the fields of
education, health, disaster management and environment protection. He expressed
happiness to be the part of the health initiative.
The Foundation is a
non-governmental organisation working in the field of health, and has been
providing free health services in remote areas of Nepal since 2015.
Working with Nepali volunteers,
the foundation, in collaboration with local governments and local partners, has
set up health camps, especially in remote areas, to provide health care, it
said.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 20 May 2022.
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