“No Emergency Service during Dashain Festival”

Rampur, Palpa
October 5, 2008
The Public Health Center (PHC) Rampur remains fully closed during Dashain festival from 5th -13th October. Dilleswar Shrestha, an Auxiliary Health Worker (AHW) says that all other neighboring PHC are providing emergency services throught the whole year. They have managed eight hours duty. Shrestha says that they have vacant posts but no staffs which resulted in no emergency services at all.
Deepak Shrestha, a police inspector of Ilaka Police Office, complained about there is no one to make a medical report for any police case reported during Dashain festival. He has to report to the district if any cases are reported to the police station. District headquarter is 65 km away.
A staffer complains that Mr. Ramdev chaudhari, the incharge of PHC is reluctant to the management of the hospital. His less concern to the PHC and the no participation of the PHC support committee is the main cause to be mismanagement of the emergency services