Khajura, Banke, June 25 (RSS): Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population, Upendra Yadav, today inaugurated the out-patient department (OPD) of the Sushil Koirala Prakhar Cancer Hospital here today.
Addressing the function, DPM and Health Minister Yadav said the hospital has a big role to play in cancer treatment in this region.
He expressed the commitment on behalf of the government to take special initiatives for the infrastructure development and making the hospital well-equipped for expanding its services as the hospital has already come under the government ownership.
DPM Yadav also urged the hospital staff to be committed to providing the best service possible.
Minister for Urban Development, Mohammad Ishtoyak Rai pledged maximum support on behalf of his Ministry to developing the hospital as a model hospital in the entire region. He stressed the need of providing services which would be of benefit to especially the poor and the underprivileged.
Chair of the Hospital Development Board, Kismat Kumar Kakshapati, Secretary at the Ministryof Health and Population Pushpa Thakur, lawmakers Maheshwar Gahatraj and Nanda Lal Rokaya, former Deputy Speaker and lawmaker Purna Subedi, among others gave information on various aspects of the hospital.