442 Quake Victims Provided Free Treatment in Chitwan
Ratnanagar (Chitwan), May 5, As many as 442 persons injured in the April 25
earthquake and aftershocks have been provided free treatment at various
hospitals in Chitwan.
The district
disaster management committee has recorded that 136 persons injured in the
quake had undergone surgery. Similarly, 177 have returned homes after treatment
while 265 are still undergoing treatment, said Balram Luitel, resource person
at the committee.
Two died while
receiving treatment, while one was being treated at intensive care unit, said
the committee in a press statement.
The Chitwan
Medical College treated highest -137 - persons conducting 37 surgeries.
Similarly, Bharatpur Hospital provided treatment to 129 injured with 58
surgeries.
People receiving
treatment are from the districts as Sindhuli, Nawalparasi, Rasuwa, Dhading,
Nuwakot, Lalitpur, Gorkha, Bara, Tanahu, Sindhupalchowk and Makwanpur.Even the
attendants of the patients are provided two rounds of meal free of cost at the
hospitals.