Koshi Hospital Overwhelmed Amidst Heatwave and Insurance Service Cuts

Biratnagar. The maximum temperature in Biratnagar reached 38 degrees Celsius on Monday. Although Tuesday was said to be 37 degrees Celsius, a skin-burning hot wind was blowing outside. Due to this, healthy people are not able to go out of the house.

In such suffocating and unbearable heat, hundreds of people can be seen in line in the premises of Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar. Hundreds of patients, who have traveled a long and arduous journey for treatment, are forced to stand in line for hours waiting for their turn in the scorching sun that spews fire. Due to the long wait and the heat, there is a risk that the line itself will make them sicker than the disease.