KATHMANDU, July 25: Dr  Govinda KC, who had been staging a fast-unto-death demanding reforms in the medical education sector and impeachment of Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), has called off his hunger strike on the 16th day on Monday.

Senior orthopedic surgeon KC has broken his eight hunger strike following the signing of the four-point agreement between KC and the government on Sunday evening. 

KC called off his fast-unto-death by drinking soup served to him by five-year-old patient Saroj Nepal, monk Thobang Norbu Lama and Anita Devi Mahato at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) at 2 pm today. 

KC signed the agreement paper at the room where he had been staging his 16-day-long hunger strike in the TUTH premises at 10:30 pm yesterday.

Dr Govinda KC has agreed to end his fast-unto-death after the government agreed to acquire the controversial Manmohan Medical College and fulfill his other demands.

As per the four-point deal signed between the government representatives and Dr KC on Sunday evening, the government will purchase properties and physical infrastructures of the Manmohan Medical College and the Basic Science Building of the college built at Dahachowk, Kathmandu and fulfill other demands put forth by Dr KC. 

As per the four-point deal signed between the government representatives and Dr KC on Sunday evening, the government will purchase properties and physical infrastructures of the Manmohan Medical College and the Basic Science Building of the college built at Dahachowk, Kathmandu and fulfill other demands put forth by Dr KC. 

The properties of the Manmohan Medical College will be used by Bir Hospital, which is under the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS).

Both sides also agreed not to discuss the impeachment of Lokman Singh Karki, the chief commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) anymore as the issue has already been noticed by the parliament. The issue was another major demand of Dr KC.

The government has also agreed to include provision in the Medical Education Bill to make 50 percent seats available free of cost at medical universities run by the government, establish at least one government medical college in all the federal provinces, not to give affiliation to any medical, dental or nursing college in Kathmandu Valley for the next 10 years, and fee ceilings be implemented from this year as fixed by the Ministry of Education, the universities and Nepal Medical Council. The government side has also agreed to direct Vice Chancellor of Tribhuvan University (TU) to appoint dean at the Institute of Medicine (IoM).

Dr KC has been in an indefinite hunger strike since July 10 demanding reforms in medical education sector, including withdrawal of the bill of the Manmohan Medical College to turn it in to academy.

Earlier the government had already agreed to fulfill all the demands put forth by Dr KC except those which fall under jurisdiction of the Legislature-Parliament.

Meanwhile, about a dozen supporters of Dr Govinda KC were injured when police baton charged them at Tangal of Kathmandu on Sunday morning.

Scores of doctors, nurses, medical students, social activists and general public had gathered in front of the CIAA building to protest against Chief Commissioner Karki.

 

 
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