The Government of Japan has decided to extend the grant assistance of 3.3 billion Japanese yen (approx. 3 billion Nepali Rupees) to the Government of Nepal for the implementation of the Project for the Improvement of Dhulikhel Hospital Trauma and Emergency Center. KIKUTA Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Dr. Krishna Hari Pushkar, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance signed notes to this effect today.
The project aims to strengthen medical services for the rapidly increasing number of trauma and emergency patients in Nepal and to improve the quality of health care service by constructing a new trauma and emergency center and providing necessary medical equipment for Dhulikhel Hospital, which is one of the largest tertiary care facilities in the country.
On this occasion, Ambassador Kikuta expressed his hope that the project will contribute to ensuring the healthy lives and promoting the welfare of Nepali people, thereby promoting the self-sustaining development of Nepal.
The Embassy of Japan is confident that this grant assistance will contribute to further strengthening the relationship, friendship and cooperation between the peoples of Japan and Nepal.
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