Docs withdraw protest programs following 6-pt agreement with govt

The government and the agitating Nepal Medical Association have signed a six-point agreement.

Following the agreement, doctors have withdrawn all the announced protest programs.

The Nepal Medical Association on Sunday had halted all medical services except emergency care in all the health institutions across the country in protest against the attack on two doctors of Sancho Hospital in Hetauda.

In the agreement, the government has committed to take action against those who assaulted two doctors of the Sancho Hospital.

Dr Bikash Thapa and Dr Prashant Bidari of Sancho Hospital were attacked while they were treating patients on September 13.

The kith and kin of a man, who was referred to Chitwan from Sancho Hospital for the treatment of dengue infection, attacked the doctors after he died in the course of treatment on August 10.