Covid-19 Nepal: Powerful leaders grab bigger chunks of the national health budget

Following the outbreak of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Finance, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Health, has been allocating a huge budget for setting up oxygen plants, ICUs, and HDUs in the district hospitals.

Altogether, the central, provincial, district hospitals and local hospitals have already received a budget of Rs 5.75 billion recently.