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Bharatpur Hospital Earns Rs 2 Million Annually from Waste

Dec 15, Kathmandu - Tika Kumari Mahato of Madi Municipality-2, Naya Parsa, who had come to the government hospital in Bharatpur for treatment, was staying in the courtyard of the hospital premises. She had seen a lot of dirt when she visited the same hospital eight years ago, but this time she found it clean and tidy.

"There is no dirt, it is better than before," she said. Yagya Kumari Magar of Gyanjyoti Tole, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11, was also met there. She said that there is much less dirt in the hospital now than she saw two years ago.

Up to three thousand patients visit the very busy Bharatpur Hospital every day. There is a crowd of patients' relatives and relatives. Even in the crowded conditions, the hospital looks clean. The hospital's face has changed due to waste management, said Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, Medical Superintendent of Bharatpur Hospital. "The waste generated here is collected systematically. We process the collected waste and sell it. We earn one lakh 71 thousand rupees per month," he said.