The government has begun developing the manpower needed to strengthen burn treatment services across Nepal’s seven provinces, with plans to expand Level-3 care at seven large hospitals, one in each province. Dr Krishna Prasad Poudel, acting Director General of the Department of Health Services, said the Ministry of Health and Food Sanitation is advancing the expansion under the Standard Treatment Protocol to make burn care more effective nationwide.
Seven hospitals, one in each province
The plan links the expansion of Level-3 burn treatment services to a hospital in each of the country’s seven provinces. The ministry’s approach therefore combines the establishment or expansion of services at selected large hospitals with the preparation of the manpower required to support them. The announced aim is to strengthen burn care across the country rather than concentrate the planned service expansion in a single location.
The workforce component is central to the effort. The government has begun producing the manpower needed for the services, according to Dr Poudel. The available details do not specify the number of personnel to be trained, the particular roles they will fill, or a timetable for completing the process. The stated direction, however, is to develop the human resources alongside the expansion of Level-3 services in all seven provinces.
Expansion under a common treatment protocol
The ministry is pursuing the work under the Standard Treatment Protocol. The protocol provides the framework named for the planned Level-3 service expansion, while the seven-hospital arrangement sets out where the government intends to strengthen provision. The stated purpose is to make burn treatment more effective and build care capacity across the provinces.
The announcement describes a national effort with two connected parts: expanding services at seven large hospitals and producing the manpower needed to support those services. It does not identify the hospitals or provide further operational details, such as the facilities’ current capacity, the services to be added, or when each site will begin providing the expanded level of care. Those specifics were not included in the information made public in the reports.
Building capacity for burn care
Dr Poudel’s remarks place workforce development within the government’s wider effort to strengthen burn treatment. Having a hospital designated for the planned service expansion in each province sets out a geographic structure for the initiative, while preparing the required manpower addresses the staffing needs associated with that expansion. The stated goal is to make treatment services more effective across all seven provinces.
The reports on the announcement focus on the ministry’s plan and the start of manpower production. They do not provide a completion date or further details about recruitment, training, funding, or implementation at individual hospitals. For now, the core commitment is to expand Level-3 burn treatment under the Standard Treatment Protocol at seven large hospitals and develop the personnel needed to support the nationwide effort.
The initiative was reported by Khabarhub, Ratopati and Nagarik News.
