Kathmandu, Mar. 29:Health Minister Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has said the process of amending the Heatlh Act will be advanced in the ongoing session by giving priority to sending at least one doctor to all the 75 districts in the Kingdom of Nepal.
Responding to questions at the House of Representatives today, Dr. Yadav noted that the Health Act is going to be amended requiring new doctors to compulsorily work at least for two years in remote and very remote districts of the country.
Stating that wide improvement will be sought in the Health Act and procedural weaknesses facing the Public Service Commission will be removed, he noted that the government is considering filling the post of technicians at Barai, Mehadham, Medikot, Limi and other sub-health posts in Humla district and building of Khaseuli Health Post in Palpa is now under way.
There is no programme for increasing the beds at Jumla District Hospital to 25, he added.
Those asking questions with Dr. Yadav were cpn-uml’s Shankarnath Sharma Adhikari, Gorakh Bahadur Bogati, Yadav Bahadur Rayamajhi and Devilal Thapa.
Similarly, Minister for Land Reforms and Management Siddharaj Ojha, answering questions concerning his ministry, said as the case about the land being cultivated by the Magapaua VDC in Dolakha district is now in court, actions will be initiated soon after the court gives its verdict.
Some 130 households displaced by floods and landslides in various VDCs of Sindhuli district will be settled by identifying genuine landless squatters after the formation of Landless Squatters’ Problems Resolution Commission, said the minister, adding, land survey is being carried in different districts of the kingdom.
Those asking questions with the minister were nc’s Khemraj Bhatta Mayalu and Romi Gauchan, and cpn-uml’s Ananda Prasad Pokherel, Ganga Prasad Nepal, Gorakh Bahadur Bogati and Yadav Lal Rayamajhi.
Likewise, Minister for Law and Justice Mahanta Thakur, in response to a question of cpn-uml’s Ananda Prasad Pokherel, said amendment to the civil code will be presented at the present session.
In response to nc’s Ramesh Lekhak’s question, Mr Thakur said there is no programme for bringing Kailali district under Mahendranagar Appellate Court.