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Japan provides medical equipment worth Rs 1 billion

Kathmandu, September 24

The government of Japan has provided medical equipment to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH)
worth one billion rupees.
At a programme organised in Kathmandu, Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Masamisi Saigo and Chief Representative of JICA Nepal Jun Sakuma handed over the medical equipment, including a digital monograph, CM X-ray machine, ventilator and anesthesia machine to Minister for Education, Science and Technology Girirajmani Pokharel.

JICA first provided support to TUTH for the construction of physical infrastructure and procurement of medical equipment 1983 and for the second time in 1992. This is the third time that JICA has helped TUTH.

Minister Pokharel said that the Japanese government’s support was important for Nepal’s education and health sectors. Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Saigo said his government will continue to support Nepal’s economic and social development.
Similarly, TU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Tirtha Raj Khaniya and Institute of Medicine Dean Prof Dr Jagadish Agrawal, also thanked the Japanese government for its support.

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