Okhaldhunga Community Hospital is a primary care hospital of 50 inpatient beds, with plans to expand towards a 100-bed hospital in the future. It also hosts a Community-Based Rehabilitation programme and a School of Health Science. The hospital is a referral centre for Okhaldhunga District (due south from Everest) and additionally serves people from the surrounding districts, accounting for a population of more than 250,000.
The hospital provides primary hospital services (general practice level), particularly in the areas of adult medicine and surgery, maternity, paediatrics and orthopaedics. Dentistry and an eye clinic are also available.
The hospital runs a community-based rehabilitation project in Molung and Khijidemba Rural Municipalities, a mental health project in Khijidemba, a child nutrition rehab centre and a maternal waiting home for 24 expectant mothers.
