KATHMANDU: The Nepal Army (NA) is going to build a 1,000-bed temporary hospital across the country to prevent and control the COVID-19 infection.
Addressing the nation on Monday afternoon, Prime Minister KP Oli revealed that the government has directed NA to build a 1,000-bed temporary hospital in the state and the capital soon.
According to the Prime Minister, the new building of Bir Hospital and the Tri-Chandra Military Hospital of the Nepal Army, the medical colleges with many beds in the Kathmandu Valley, and all large government and private hospitals will be operated as COVID-19 hospitals.
The PM claimed that the government has made substantive changes in the infrastructure building of the health system in past one year.
It is remarkable that despite the warnings about the fatal damage the second wave of coronavirus might result in, the Ministry of Health disclosed prevalent health system could no longer withstand the pandemic pressure.
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