New York (USA), Ashoj 10 (Sep 26): Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the disparity in health services between developed and underdeveloped countries should be ended. He said that due to this discrimination, it is challenging to provide equal health services for everyone.
While attending the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations, Prime Minister Oli, who was in New York, USA, while addressing the program organized by Mount Sinai Hospital and Empath Nepal, said that despite the vast improvements in science and technology, underdeveloped countries are facing challenges in the health infrastructure sector. “There is a disparity in healthcare and infrastructure between rich and poor countries. Due to economic difficulties, the people of poor countries are not able to get easy and quality healthcare services”, he said, “Among the available resources, the government of Nepal is working with the goal of providing basic healthcare services to everyone by keeping the health sector as a top priority. We look forward to international cooperation and partnership in this.”
Prime Minister Oli mentioned that the Healthy Nepal campaign was conducted to prevent people from getting sick rather than treating them when they are sick, and said that this campaign is a part of the national aspiration of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’. “Within the policy and determination of healthy Nepal, there is a thought of how to make people healthy from childhood along with pure and balanced food. Before the development of modern medicine in the world, the ancestors of Nepal developed traditional and Ayurvedic treatment methods”, he recalled.
Prime Minister Oli’s insistence was that Nepal has made improvements including bringing down the maternal and child mortality rate, but due to the inadequacy of resources, the health infrastructure has not been developed as much as it should be. “Being healthy is essential for quality and easy living. Therefore, despite the gradual improvement in Nepal’s health sector during the implementation of sustainable development goals, the partnership of the international community is necessary for modern and infrastructure-rich health services”, he said, “Mount Sinai Hospital is collaborating with Kathmandu University and Dhulikhel Hospital in training, research, and resource mobilization to help Nepal’s health sector. I want to thank you for coming.” Research Director of Dhulikhel Hospital, Dr. Rajeev Shrestha informed that more than 70 percent of deaths in Nepal are caused by non-curable diseases.
