Tanjkot providing door-to-door health services
Humla: Tanjkot rural municipality has started providing free health services to senior citizens by reaching out to their homes under the door-to-door health service program.
Citizens over 68 years of age, those who are bedridden due to serious illness, and those who cannot reach health institutions due to disability are being provided medical care at their doorsteps, said Dhanraj Dhakal, coordinator of the RM’s health branch.
So far, health services have been provided to 65 senior citizens of Khara, Deuda, Geira and Utiseni villages in Ward No. 4 of the rural municipality. Chief administrative officer of the RM, said patients needy door services will be identified through a door-to-door campaign in all the wards of the rural municipality.
Under the program, along with regular health check-up, first aid, nutrition status test and medicine are distributed free of cost. So far, the campaign has been completed in Wards No. 1 to 4.
