KATHMANDU: British Secretary of State Will Queens said that UK’s support to Nepal’s health sector would continue and that the arrival of Nepali nurses in the UK will benefit both countries.
Queens said this during a meeting with Minister of Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet in London.
During the meeting, Health Minister Basnet praised the British government’s support to Nepal’s socio-economic development, especially in the health sector, and expressed confidence that it will increase further in the coming days, according to the Nepali Embassy in London.
Expressing his happiness about the recently concluded agreement on employing Nepali nurses in Britain, he also sought support for the capacity building of Nepali health institutions.
Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy, Roshan Khanal, said that Health Minister Basnet visited the training center, emergency department and wards of the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and acquired information about the training and transfer process of nurses to be brought there from Nepal.
Minister Basnet in is London.
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