In 2018, a patient transport ambulance was handed over to the Red Cross community of Kawasoti in Terrai, southern Nepal. It is regularly used to transport the sick and injured to the nearby Midpoint Hospital or to Barathpur. The vehicle is also frequently used to provide rapid assistance, for example, after a snake bite or an accident, as the incident book impressively demonstrates. In 2019, a blood bank was set up in the Kawasoti Red Cross building. The necessary equipment was This is an important step, especially in view of the new Madhyabindu District Hospital, which will open not far from Kawasoti in 2025. NHB also financed a minibus to carry out blood donation campaigns in the countryside and to bring the collected blood back to Kawasoti well chilled.