Dec 01, Kathmandu- Damak Municipality-4 of Jhapa has launched a month-long KHDC health program for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases. The program has been launched through the Urban Health Center to identify kidney, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart and lung diseases through blood and urine tests.

The ward residents will be able to get free tests for urine protein, high blood pressure, creatinine, cholesterol, diabetes and kidney blood purification rate. The KHDC program has been underway in the east under the leadership of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Senior Specialist Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma.

According to Punya Prasad Dahal, Ward Chairman of Damak-4, arrangements have been made for testing and counseling for the ward residents for a month. He said that they started this program to reduce and manage non-communicable diseases. He said that there is no problem in testing as there is a modern lab in the urban health center itself.

According to Damak Municipality, there is a plan to hold this program and camp in all wards of the city at least once a year. Wards can also run regular programs from their own budget. According to Mayor Ram Kumar Thapa, the KHDC program is expected to save many people in Damak from premature death.