Source::RSS
KATHMANDU
RSS
The Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (known as Teku Hospital) has stated that the deposit amount is not required for the treatment of COVID. Hospital’s Director Dr. Sagar Rajbhandari said that the hospital beds and counter have been asked not to seek deposit amounts to treat the Covid-19 patients.
Prior to this, the Covid-19 patients were supposed to keep Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 in deposit for their treatment at Teku Hospital.
The Hospital has said that those individuals capable of paying their health care costs would pay the amount for their treatment and others unable to pay the costs would be provided service for free as per the directive of the Ministry of Health and Population.
Rajbhandari further stated that patients admitted to the hospital will be given free meals and will provide free drugs and laboratory services along with other available tests. The government is bearing the treatment and testing costs of poor, differently-abled, hapless people, single women, highly-disabled people, senior citizens, frontline health workers, sanitation workers, security personnel, and others working in the vulnerable areas.
Director Dr. Rajbhandari has also urged the stakeholders not to be swayed by the false information that the Teku Hospital was not treating the Covid-19 patients for free.
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