Local Outcry in Jumla After Ambulance Fare to Nepalgunj Set at NPR 25,000

Jumla. Local residents have protested after the ambulance fare from Jumla to Nepalgunj was set at NPR 25,000. Local people have expressed dissatisfaction, accusing the District Ambulance Committee of arbitrarily setting the fare rate.Kiran Kumar Sharma, Acting Chief of the Public Health Service Office, informed that the fare rate for ambulances operating within the district was determined in a meeting chaired by Deepak Poudel, the Convener of the District Ambulance Committee and Chief District Officer (CDO), on Poush 24, in accordance with the Ambulance Operation Directive, 2082, issued by the Ministry of Health and Population.Admitting that there have been public...