Move to build 396 hospitals amid pandemic meets scepticism

Managing human resources will be the key challenge as a government study says 116,000 additional personnel, four times the existing provision, will be required for the proposed hospitals.

In June Siddhartha Aauji, who cleaned toilets at Bayalpata Hospital in Achham district, set himself on fire in front of the hospital, after he was sacked, along with 32 others for lack of resources, and subsequently died of the injuries sustained. The international award-winning hospital, completed in 2019, served not only people from the district but also from several neighbouring ones.