KATHMANDU, Sept 26: Resident doctors of Nepal Medical College in Jorpati, Kathmandu, have halted all services in protest against the assault on the doctors of Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara. They stopped the service and staged a demonstration outside the hospital.
They have announced that all services have been halted saying that the government has not guaranteed the safety of doctors and health workers and doctors feel demoralized to work in such a situation.
Hundreds affected by residents' OPD boycott
Nepal Medical College has said that the hospital’s OPD service is closed today. The hospital staff turned away the non-emergency patients who had come to the hospital, asking them to come to the OPD tomorrow saying that the doctors are on strike today.
A woman from Lamjung died on Tuesday during treatment at the Manipal Teaching Hospital. The crowd, including the relatives of the deceased, attacked the doctor saying the woman died due to the doctor’s negligence.
Police have arrested one person on the charge of assaulting a doctor.
A few weeks ago, a similar incident happened when a group of people attacked two doctors in Hetauda.
