KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress lawmaker Gagan Thapa has come down heavily on the government for its latest decision not to bear treatment expenses of the COVID-19 infected person.
Posting a twitter message, former Health Minister Thapa ironically said that the government had better admit publicly that it cannot do more than counting the number of COVID-19-infected cases.
“The government had better admit publicly that it can do nothing more than counting the numbers of COVID-19-infected people staying in quarantine and isolation camps,” tweeted Thapa.
स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालयकाे पछिल्लो निर्णय”काेराेना संक्रमितले आफ्नो उपचार आफैं गर्नु”!
यसरी हरेकदिन खुद्राखुद्रामा यस्तो निर्णय गर्नुभन्दा@PM_Nepalबरु सिधै भनिदिनुस्”सरकार स्वयं संक्रमित भएर आइसाेलेसनमा रहेकोले अब उपरान्त संक्रमितकाे संख्या गन्ने बाहेक थप केही नगर्ने जानकारी गराइन्छ”— Gagan Thapa (@thapagk) October 19, 2020
The Ministry of Health and Population has decided not to bear test and treatment expenses for the COVID-19.
A meeting of the Ministry of Health on Sunday decided that all except for severely disabled, senior citizens, sanitation workers, security personnel, health workers and frontline staff should undergone test and treatment on their own, said Spokesperson Dr. Jageshwor Gautam.
At a regular press briefing of the ministry on Sunday, Spokesperson Gautam stated that the decision was taken as per the meeting of the Council of Ministers.
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