ACHHAM, April 8 -- Achham district, one of the remotest districts in Nepal, is deprived of many development indexes including health service. The district has only one health post in Mangalsen Municipality-13 that caters to the health need of numerous surrounding villages. But the building that houses the health post is in a dilapidated condition and it lacks sufficient medicines and treatment facilities.

The government health post in ward 13 is located in Basti village. The ward has three villages-Basti, Dandigadey and Banda. Residents of other villages have to walk for as long as five hours to reach the health post in Basti. Locals say there have been numerous occasions where pregnant women had gone into labour and delivered on the way...