Health and Population Minister Pradeep Paudel has emphasized that hospitals need to expand health awareness.
On the 27th Ganeshman Singh Memorial Day organized by the Ganeshman Singh Memorial Hospital and Research Center in Lalitpur on Wednesday, he said that there will be no research in the country, even in the research institutes.
More emphasis should be placed on not letting people get sick: Minister Paudel
Minister Paudel said that more emphasis should be placed on preventing people from getting sick.
He commented that it seems as if he is waiting for someone to get sick and talk about the facility.
‘It seems like we are waiting for someone to get sick and talk about its facilities,’ he said, ‘there is something going on in the treatment system, there is a little more interest. But has anything been done in the preventive method till date? In the same way, the number of people above 50 years in Nepal is more than within 20 years. It cannot be active, it cannot be healthy. Now how many friends tell me not to say such things, after 10 years the state will not be able to give old age allowance. So we need to do something to prevent people from getting sick.
He said that something is going on in the therapeutic method and interest has also increased. He alleged that no one showed interest in preventive methods.
He claims that the number of people over 50 will increase in Nepal within the next 20 years if the current situation continues. He said that although food is the main topic of health, it could not be linked with health.