Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala inaugurated the country’s first neurological specialty hospital in Bansbari, Kathmandu on Wednesday.

The National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences had been in operation since the past one year under private investment. Dr. Upendra Devkota is the chief of the hospital.

Opening the hospital, PM Koirala said that people will no longer have to go abroad for treatment of neurological ailments. He advised the operators to add facilities to produce more neurologists and run rehab centres.

At the programme, Dr. Devkota said that the hospital will provide world class service at minimum cost. He said the hospital will treat all kinds of brain and spinal disorders. The hospital has 80-beds, three fully equipped operation theatres and 12 ICUs.