Damauli (Tanahun) 15 Bhadra (30 Aug): Various services have been expanded at Damauli Hospital located in Tanahun headquater. The hospital has expanded obstetrics service, surgery service, MDGP service and hysterectomy service through surgery.
Among them, maternity service through surgery has been re-opened after 18 months, while the other two services are new, informed the head of the hospital, Dr. Pariwartan Baral. Baral said that maternity services through surgery which had been stopped for a long time due to lack of manpower, were brought into operation with the provision of the manpower. According to Baral, the surgery service and MDGP service were started in fiscal year 2080-81 and the hysterectomy service has been started this fiscal year 2081.
Due to the lack of arrangement of surgery, pregnant women had to go to Pokhara, Chitwan or elsewhere for maternity service. Baral said that maternity service was conducted through surgery after Byas municipality arranged allowances and Gandaki provincial government to provide monthly salaries for anesthesia assistants and gynecologists.
