There is a shortage of medicine in the district Ayurveda health center under Bagmati province. Due to lack of medicine, the number of people coming for treatment at the center in Hetauda of Makwanpur has decreased. Since Ayurvedic medicines do not have any side effects, the number of patients has increased and now they are returning to the traditional way of treatment.
Ashok Jha, information officer of the center, said that 85 patients come for treatment daily, but due to lack of medicine, currently 30 to 35 patients come daily. He informed that along with the use of various medicines, the patient is being treated with the help of equipment and treatment methods according to the disease. For the past two years, the number of people seeking treatment and consultation at the health center was increasing.
The information officer Jha informed that funds have been requested from the state government for the purchase of medicines but have not been received yet. He also said that due to the lack of manpower in the health center, there is also a problem in the performance of the work. In the financial year 2078/79, 9,111 patients received treatment from the said center, 4,515 were women and 4,495 were men. The laboratory in the said center , Physiotherapy, Kharasutra, Panchakarma, Yoga services, as well as distribution of chemical medicine to senior citizens and lactating medicine for lactating mothers.
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