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Kathmandu, 1 November: The government-owned Teku-based Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital has fixed the cost for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

The government had recently announced not to bear the treatment expenses of the Covid-19 patients except for the people meeting certain criteria. Earlier, the government-set Covid-19 Special Hospitals were providing treatment for free of cost. The hospital fixed the charges for the treatment of the Covid-19 patients after the government did not provide budget for the same, according to a public notice issued by the hospital.

The hospital will be charging Rs 15,000 for a day’s treatment in ICU room with ventilator facility for which the patient needs to deposit Rs 50,000. Likewise, the patient must pay Rs 7,500 per person to avail ventilator facility. Moreover, the Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms need to pay Rs 7,500 per day for treatment in isolation facility while the patient with mild symptoms but in critical conditions would be treated at Gastro Isolation for Rs 3,500 per day, according to the notice.

One is required to deposit Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 in advance for the treatment of each Covid-19 patient based on the severity of the ailment.

People’s News Monitoring Service