KATHMANDU, May 1: Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu is to establish a COVID-19 isolation facility. According to Mayor Prakash Adhikari, the local government is preparing to establish the isolation center which will be equipped with the oxygen therapy system at the Radha Swami Bhawan (building) located in ward 7.
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According to Mayor Adhikari, the facility will have 80 beds with an oxygen supply system. The local government has made arrangements for ensuring treatment for COVID-19 patients from the locality at the ward number 2-based Tokha Chandeshwori Primary Health Center where 50 patients can be given medical support at once.
Moreover, the local government has decided to cooperate with private health facilities including the Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi; Green City Basundhara; All Nepal Hospital, Samakhushi and Binayak Hospital, and Maternity Home Gongabu for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, said Deputy Mayor Gyanmaya Dangol.
