Unfinished 10-Bed Basic Hospital in Baglung's Nisikhola Turns into Cattle Shed Due to Budget Delays

Baglung. A building stands starkly by the bank of Nisikhola. Walls covered in moss. The two-story concrete building has neither been painted nor maintained. The ground floor is covered in weeds. Livestock take shelter here and defecate. The eyes of every traveler on the Mid-Hill Highway stop at this building. And travelers start thinking, 'What building could this be? Why is it abandoned?' The building now stands where paddy fields flourished four years ago.

The abandoned building belongs to a basic hospital. The hospital building has become derelict before its completion. It has been more than four years since construction began on the 10-bed basic hospital being built in Jhimpa, Ward No. 4 of Nisikhola Rural Municipality, Baglung. Although work proceeded rapidly in the initial stages of construction, it is now in a state of abandonment. Locals provided fertile paddy land free of cost for the hospital, but they are disappointed that the hospital is still not complete. According to the agreement, the hospital should have been completed two years ago.