Kathmandu, November 13
Now on, neonates will get free treatment worth up to Rs 5,000 through government hospitals.
Family Health Division of the Ministry of Health has started this initiative. According to the division, babies as old as 28 days will get free treatment worth upto Rs 5,000.
For this, the government has earmarked two lakh rupees for every district. The neonates in serious condition will get Rs 300 to Rs 5,000 for treatment in any other hospital.
If a baby needs to be transferred from a hospital to central hospital, government will foot the transport bill also.
The division’s director Dr DP Bichchha told Onlinekhabar: As per this arrangement, this government funding will be available for newborns suffering from serious conditions.
The division will reimburse the funds spent on the babies’ treatment in such a case.
This replaces an earlier arrangement in which the government used to provide Rs 300 to Rs 3,000 each to poor families for the treatment of neonates.
As per the new arrangement, babies upto 28 days old will get free treatment worth up to Rs 5,000 through government hospitals.
