KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the President has no reason to stop certification of the Medical Education Act passed introduced through an ordinance.

During a meeting with Prof Dr Govinda KC at his official residence at Baluwatar on Thursday, Prime Minister Deuba said that further information would be garnered about the status of the Act passed by the cabinet. Saying the Act would be certified at any cost, PM Deuba urged Prof Dr KC to remain assured in this regard, according to PM’s Press Coordinator Govinda Pariyar.

On the occasion, Prof Dr KC thanked the government for bringing the Medical Education Act through ordinance and urged the PM to take initiative before the President for its certification soon.

He also requested Prime Minister Deuba to make public the letter sent by the Education Ministry to Nepal Medical Council urging it to grant affiliation to the Kathmandu National Medical College as well as report of the cheating scandal in the recently held MBBS exams immediately.

The PM telephoned Education Minister Gopalman Shrestha and directed him to bring the letter back from the Council, said Dr Avishekraj Singh, who had accompanied Dr KC in the meeting. RSS

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Dr Govinda KC has begun his 12^th fast-unto-death from Monday demanding reforms in the medical education.

Dr. KC, a senior orthopedic surgeon at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, organizing a press conference at the hospital, announced his indefinite hunger strike claiming that the lawmakers of the parliament is likely to endorse the new Medical Education Act with the influence of medical mafias.

“The House is likely to endorse Medical Education Act is endorsed going against the previous agreements, which is clearly influenced by the medical mafias. If the Act is endorsed it will not only institutionalize the influence of mafias in medical sector but also will lose all the achievements made gained from all our previous campaign so far,” said Dr KC.

Only, last month Dr KC withdrew his 11^th fast-unto-death citing that the country was in emergency situations due to devastating floods and landslides in the Terai region.  

“The government is trying to endorse the Health Profession Education Bill by excluding some of the important points of Mathema Commission Report,” accused KC.

He has also demanded that the all the bodies charge medical education fees meeting the terms of government-proposed fee structure.

KC has also asked for further investigation into the irregularities of multi-million rupees by Gopal Bahadur Khadka while procuring land in different parts of the country for building fuel storage facility, and take necessary legal action against him. He further demanded immediate suspension of the officers who assisted Khadka in NOC land deal scam.