KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Professor Dr Govinda KC broke the fast-unto-death after signing the 10-point agreement with the government Wednesday evening.

Dr KC broke the 14-day strike after the government agreed on issuing the medical education act through the ordinance.

One of the points in the agreement mentioned that the forthcoming meeting of the Council of Ministers on 23 October would issue the medical education act through the ordinance.

The talks were held between the government and the representatives of agitating Dr KC. It was held among Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Education Minister, former Health Minister Gagan Kumar Thapa, Prof Kedar Bhakta Mathema and Dr Avishekh Raj Singh at the official residence of the Prime Minister, Baluwatar, on Wednesday after former Health Minister Thapa presented a proposal of bringing the Medical Act through ordinance.

A 10-year old girl Rojina Tamang fed water to Dr KC in the presence of Health Minister Deepak Bohara, Health Secretary Dr Kiran Regmi, Secretary at Council of Ministers Mahindra Prasad Upadhyay, Chief of the Department of Medical Service Dr Bholaram Shrestha, and senior advocate Om Prakash Sharma, among others.

Talking to PM Deuba over phone before signing the agreement paper, Dr KC warned of staging a hunger strike once again if the agreement was not implemented within October 24.

In response, PM Deuba assured Dr KC that the agreement would be implemented this time. RSS

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Prof Dr Gobinda KC has lamented over what he called the ‘disappearance of justice from the judiciary’.

Talking to media persons at the TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj on Wednesday, Dr KC also warned of launching a protest as a civilian to retain judiciary’s dignity. Dr KC is on his eighth day of his 13^th fast-unto-death demanding reforms in the medical education sector.

“If judiciary is without justice, where will the ordinary people go to seek justice”? It is the responsibility of all Nepali people to fight against this situation,” he said.

He expressed discontent over the release of Director General of Nepal Oil Corporation Gopal Khadka who was accused of misappropriating millions of rupees while procuring land for building fuel storage facility in different parts of the country. Dr KC also accused political parties and their leaders of corrupting states bodies.

He demanded that the Medical Education Bill be endorsed within October 21 before the term of the current Parliament expires. No response to this effect has come in from the government side so far however, he said.