MUSTANG: The only Province Hospital with 25 beds in Mustang is desperately awaiting replacement of an aging ambulance but to no avail.
The emergency vehicle has been used for 15 years, but it has become sheer problem in recent days to transport patients in the worn out vehicle.
Medical superintendent at the Hospital, Dr Samikshya Kandel, shared the plight that the ambulance has turned worthless, for it has stopped functioning. Using dysfunctional ambulance is utter risk, she added.
In case of referral to the patients who need urgent and better treatment, the emergency vehicle is not functional.
The supply section of the Health Ministry in province government was repeatedly requested for the ambulance for two years but in vain, the doctor shared.
Moreover, even the local governments here have no reliable ambulances to rescue people for immediate treatment. An ambulance belonging to Gharapjhong Rural Municipality close to the hospital is grounded after it conked out.
Health coordinator at the rural municipality, Karna Bahadur Thakali, admitted that the ambulance in the local level was not operational at present.
Although four of five local levels in Mustang have ambulances, half of those are not fit for use.
