Tulsipur (Dang). There is no Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Rapti Provincial Hospital in Tulsipur, Dang. Due to this, serious patients have to be referred outside the district.
Dr. Mohammad Nurul Hoda, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, said that when patients are referred in this way for a long time, the attitude towards the hospital is negative. “Hospitals are referred to as referral centers,” he said.
There is also lack of CityScan service in the hospital. It has been more than two years since the device broke down. However, it has not been repaired. Mesu Dr. Noha informed that the service is also affected because the repair cost is very expensive.
Similarly, hemodialysis service has also seen an extreme crisis. Out of the 16 dialysis machines that the hospital has, only 9 are currently operational. The rest are damaged. Due to this, more than 90 patients from poor families are waiting for their turn, he said. He said that due to these problems, there was some disruption in the service in the hospital.
Mahendra Lamichhane, chairman of the hospital development committee, also informed that more initiatives are needed to solve the problems seen in the dialysis service. Currently, the hospital is operating with 141 beds, but the operating permit is for 50 beds. Rasas