In the wake of the Covid pandemic which has severely tested the country's health infrastructure, Nepal's Ministry of Finance has allocated a budget to establish at least 396 hospitals with basic health services across the nation. 

According to the ministry, Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has asked the Ministry of Health and Population to begin constructing the hospitals for which the Finance Ministry has allocated a budget worth Rs 57.97 billion.

According to Rameshwor Dangal, spokesperson for the finance ministry, the hospitals with facility of five, 10 and 15 bed services will be built within two years.

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