Lalitpur Honors Community Health Volunteers
Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan has said that community health volunteers and female community health volunteers who work day and night have made an incomparable contribution to improving the health status of metropolis residents.
He made this remark while honoring female community health volunteers, TB tracers, neighborhood health motivators, and community health workers serving within the metropolis with cash on the occasion of the 22nd National Health Volunteer Day.
Mayor Maharjan stated that Lalitpur Metropolitan City’s success in receiving national and international awards every year in health, heritage, and other diverse areas has been possible because all employees working in the metropolis, health volunteers, civil society, and activists have done good work. He added that, among local levels across the country, Lalitpur Metropolitan City’s work has therefore appeared excellent.
Chief Administrative Officer of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Rekhadas Shrestha expressed hope that, due to the hard work of health service personnel dedicated to the healthy lives of residents, citizens have gained easier access to health services, and that such awareness-raising work will continue in the coming days.
Sharda Municipality Mayor Prakash Bhandari of Salyan, which has a sister relationship with Lalitpur Metropolitan City, said that Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan’s working style always inspires positive work that makes local residents’ lives easier.
On the same occasion, mandatory retirement with cash was provided to individuals who, upon reaching the age of 60, had served in the roles of health volunteers, TB tracers, and neighborhood health motivators for different lengths of time.
The details are as follows:
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Two individuals who served for 10 to 14 years received Rs 50,000 each.
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Four individuals who served for 16 years received Rs 75,000 each.
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Ten health volunteers who served for 25 to 28 years and reached the age of 60 received Rs 100,000 each.
Likewise, health volunteers, female health workers, neighborhood health motivators, and TB tracers from all 29 wards of the metropolis were honored with cash.
Metropolis spokesperson Raju Maharjan provided tables, benches, and umbrellas to health volunteers with the objective of making it easier to administer Vitamin A and other vaccines, expressing confidence that this would support health services.
From the perspective of health services, among the 29 wards of the metropolis, Ward 2 was honored with a certificate for first place, Ward 13 for second place, and Ward 20 for third place.
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