Nepal, June 10 -- Health and Population Minister Pradip Paudel has initiated preparations to add more than 2,000 health personnel to federal hospitals.

Health personnel have not been increased for a long time despite the high flow of patients. Minister Paudel has moved forward with the process in agreement with the Ministry of Finance to increase the health workforce.

For this, an internal task force led by Secretary Rishi Acharya was formed, which submitted an organizational and management survey report recommending the addition of 2,102 personnel. The report indicates that the number of technical health staff to be added at the hospital level is significant.

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