Kathmandu, May 3
The
Council of Ministers has approved a proposal by Health and Population Minister
Pradeep Paudel to add temporary positions to address the problem caused by a
shortage of manpower in the assessment of claim payments by the Health
Insurance Board (HIB).
At its
meeting last Wednesday, the Cabinet decided to add 402 personnel to the Board.
Minister Paudel had proposed the approval of temporary positions for 56
officers and 346 assistant-level and unclassified staff.
Due to a
lack of manpower, the Board has only been able to complete the assessment of
claims up to mid-July last year. The Board’s Executive Director, Dr. Raghuraj
Kafle, expressed confidence that the additional temporary personnel would help
complete the evaluation of the remaining claims within the current fiscal year.
According
to the Cabinet's decision, temporary positions have also been approved for
other institutions: 129 for Sushil Koirala Prakhar Cancer Hospital in Khajura,
141 for Geta Hospital in Dhangadhi, and 313 for Dadeldhura Hospital.
Spokesperson
of the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Prakash Budhathoki, said that
this move is expected to ease operational difficulties faced by these
hospitals. “Until the work on organisational and management structures is
completed, it is believed that this will facilitate the operation of services
at the Board and the hospitals,” he said.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 4 May 2025.
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