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 Kathmandu Friday November 22, 2002  Mangshir 06,  2059.

Govt committed to provide basic health services: PM

By A Staff Reporter

KATHMANDU, Nov. 21: Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, inaugurating the Sixth International Surgical Conference, said today that the government was dedicated to providing basic health as well as surgical services to the people, keeping in mind that health is their fundamental human right.
Inaugurating the conference, organised by the Society of Surgeons of Nepal (SSN), today, Premier Chand said that the present government was fully committed to the development of surgical treatment in the country and was eager to join hands with the professionals towards the cause of the common concern in this area.The conference aims at promoting surgical treatment in the country and region by creating solidarity among the health professionals.

PM Chand, highlighting the efforts and the development of kidney transplant and cardiac surgery, added that once these specialised surgical facilities are provided, the patients inflicted by such ailments would not have to travel to other countries for treatment.

Health Minister Dr. Prof. Upendra Devkota said that the doctors should be innovative in their profession and should go to the rural areas for at least a month twice a year. Minister Devkota added that only then will the people see the doctor as a benevolent server and not someone always after money.

Assistant Minister for Local Development Dr. Asarfi Shah said that it was an irony that in a country where the Buddha was born, peace should now be an overriding concern.

Newly elected president of the SSN Dr. Ram Prasad Shrestha, Dr. RJ Shwart of Canada, Dr. A. Sampat Kumar of India, Prof. AKM Rahman of Bangladesh, Prof. Abdul Aziz of Pakistan, Dr. Crisper Jiyami of Switzerland, and Prof. Teodora J. Herbosa of the Philippines expressed solidarity with the objectives of the conference in providing a forum for sharing experiences and reviewing various problems.

The programme has the participation of 200 delegate doctors will conclude on November 23.

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