Martyr Gangalal National Heart Disease Centre Act, 2000

What does it do?

• The Act sets up the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in Kathmandu district as an autonomous body with perpetual succession. Its purpose is to provide high-level care for preventing, diagnosing and treating heart disease and rehabilitating heart patients at a cost people can afford, and to train the skilled staff and carry out the research the field needs. It may open branches and units in other districts.यो ऐनले काठमाडौँ जिल्लामा शहीद गङ्गालाल राष्ट्रिय हृदय केन्द्रलाई अविच्छिन्न उत्तराधिकारवाला स्वायत्त संस्थाका रूपमा स्थापना गरेको छ। हृदयरोगको रोकथाम, निदान, उपचार र हृदयरोगीको पुनर्स्थापनाका लागि उच्चस्तरीय स्वास्थ्य सेवा सर्वसुलभ रूपमा दिनु, र यस क्षेत्रका लागि दक्ष जनशक्ति तयार गर्नु तथा अनुसन्धान गर्नु यसको उद्देश्य हो। केन्द्रले आवश्यकताअनुसार अन्य जिल्लामा शाखा र इकाइ खोल्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3–5, pp. 2–3
• The Centre plans and runs a national heart disease prevention and control programme, trains specialists, holds research and conferences, gives technical support to other bodies, runs mobile heart services where needed, raises public awareness, and advises the government on heart-disease policy. It sets the fees for its health, consultancy, research and laboratory services.केन्द्रले राष्ट्रिय हृदयरोग निवारण तथा नियन्त्रण कार्यक्रम सञ्चालन गर्छ, दक्ष जनशक्ति तयार गर्छ, अनुसन्धान र गोष्ठी–सम्मेलन गर्छ, अन्य निकायलाई प्राविधिक सहयोग दिन्छ, आवश्यकताअनुसार घुम्ती हृदयरोग सेवा चलाउँछ, जनचेतना फैलाउँछ र हृदयरोगसम्बन्धी नीतिमा सरकारलाई परामर्श दिन्छ। आफ्नो स्वास्थ्य, परामर्श, अनुसन्धान र प्रयोगशाला सेवाको शुल्क केन्द्र आफैँले तोक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 6, pp. 3–4
• A board chaired by the Minister or Minister of State for Health runs the Centre. Its members include the National Planning Commission member for health, the secretaries (or first-class officers) of the finance and health ministries, three cardiologists nominated by the government (two of them from specialists working at the Centre), a woman social worker, a donor, a head of a medical training institution and a head of a heart-disease NGO, with the Executive Director as member-secretary. Nominated members serve four years. The government appoints the Executive Director from among heart specialists for a four-year term.केन्द्र सञ्चालनका लागि स्वास्थ्यमन्त्री वा राज्यमन्त्रीको अध्यक्षतामा सञ्चालक समिति रहन्छ। समितिमा स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र हेर्ने राष्ट्रिय योजना आयोगका सदस्य, अर्थ र स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालयका सचिव (वा प्रथम श्रेणीका अधिकृत), सरकारले मनोनीत गरेका तीन जना हृदयरोग विशेषज्ञ (जसमध्ये दुई जना केन्द्रमै कार्यरत), एक महिला समाजसेवी, एक चन्दादाता, एक चिकित्साशास्त्र अध्ययन संस्थानका प्रमुख र हृदयरोग क्षेत्रका एक गैरसरकारी संस्थाका प्रमुख सदस्य हुन्छन्; कार्यकारी निर्देशक सदस्य–सचिव हुन्छन्। मनोनीत सदस्यको पदावधि चार वर्ष हुन्छ। कार्यकारी निर्देशक सरकारले हृदयरोग विशेषज्ञमध्येबाट चार वर्षका लागि नियुक्त गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 7, pp. 4–5; Section 11, p. 6
• The Centre's fund is made up of government grants, money from foreign governments and international bodies, service income, donations and other income; money given for a specific programme must be spent on that programme. Its accounts are audited by the Auditor General's office or an auditor it appoints. The board must send an annual progress report to the government within three months of the end of the fiscal year, the government may give policy directions the Centre must follow, and the Centre deals with the government through the health ministry.केन्द्रको कोषमा नेपाल सरकारको अनुदान, विदेशी सरकार र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय संस्थाबाट प्राप्त रकम, सेवाबाट आम्दानी, चन्दा र अन्य आम्दानी रहन्छ; कुनै खास कार्यक्रमका लागि आएको रकम सोही कार्यक्रममा खर्च गर्नुपर्छ। केन्द्रको लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकको विभाग वा उसले तोकेको लेखापरीक्षकबाट हुन्छ। समितिले आर्थिक वर्ष सकिएको तीन महिनाभित्र वार्षिक प्रगति विवरण सरकारसमक्ष पेस गर्नुपर्छ, सरकारले दिएको नीतिगत निर्देशन पालना गर्नुपर्छ, र सरकारसँगको सम्पर्क स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालयमार्फत हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 13–14, pp. 6–7; Section 18, p. 7; Sections 19–20, p. 8

Where does it conflict with other laws?

No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.