Kathmandu, January 29
A tent set up by Nepal Medical Association, the umbrella organisation of Nepali medical doctors, has been ‘mysteriously’ removed from the TU Teaching Hospital premises in Maharajgunj of Kathmandu on Monday night.
The NMA on Monday had launched a relay hunger strike at the TUTH expressing solidarity with Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging a fast-unto-death for past 21 days demanding that the government correct the National Medical Education Act.
It has been suspected that the hospital administration removed the tent. The hospital administration on Monday had called on the doctors not to participate in any protest programmes and come back to duty.
The NMA, however, had warned of obstructing health services except the emergency departments of hospitals across the country.
Despite the removal, the protesting doctors have continued their strike in the open.
