KATHMANDU, Feb. 6 -- Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has established an 11-member Free Treatment Service Directorate Committee (FTSDC) under the coordination of Balendra Shah, the Mayor of KMC.

The committee, comprised of representatives from relevant offices, was formed during a meeting at the Mayor's office on Monday. The FTSDC is tasked with ensuring the systematic, transparent, and technologically based delivery of the hospital's free treatment services to the target group.

Implementation will be overseen by the Public Health Department of the metropolis, and for effective execution, KMC has issued the Procedures for Free Treatment, 2080 BS.

Members of the committee include KMC Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol, Chief Administrative Off...