The Maoists have established a teaching hospital and an industry few weeks before they mark the 9th anniversary of the insurgency on February 13, according to a report published in Nepal Samacharpatra, a vernacular daily, on Wednesday.

The hospital named People’s Medical College set up at Thawang, Rolpa district was inaugurated by Diwakar, a politburo member of the Maoist party, a few days ago, the report said.

A Maoist heath worker is quoted in the report as saying that two MBBS doctors have been giving classes to 50 students. The hospital has long been providing treatment to Maoist cadres injured in clashes with security forces.

The Maoists have also set up factories at an unknown place in Rolpa. The products are known to have been circulating in Maoist strongholds. The industrial estate under the name ‘Jaljala Regional Industries’, report added, produces dry food, candles, garments and soaps.