The Indian government is helping Nepal set up a 200-bed emergency trauma centre in Kathmandu next to Bir Hospital. An agreement to this effect was signed by Indian ambassador Shyam Saran and finance Secretary Bhanu Acharya on Wednesday. India helped set up the original Bir Hospital as well as its expansion in 1985. The project for the trauma centre was designed by the Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation (India) Ltd, under the guidance of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The Rs 757 million centre will have five major operation theatres, and aims to provide the best trauma medical care in Nepal.