As accidents increase on the Tribhuvan and Prithvi Highways, Friends of Nepal (FON) and Benighat village development committee will construct a well equipped hospital at Malekhu to treat victims.

The hospital will be completed in one year. The village committee has donated six ropanis land for the hospital and the FON will provide financial and technical assistance.

Accident victims, until now, have to be rushed to hospitals in Kathmandu, Pokhara or Bharatpur for treatment. The proposed hospital will help save lives and provide more immediate treatment of accident victims. nepalnews.com br April 6