The Nepal Medical Council has sealed Maria Hospital (Maria Health Centre) at Baluwatar, Kathmandu.

The health facility was sealed after a team of the NMC in the course of monitoring found the hospital running illegally, said Officiating Registrar of the NMC, Dr Dipendra Pandey.

The Council has already written to the District Administration Office and District Police Range, Kathmandu to take legal action against the hospital operators, he added. 

The Council also suspended the temporary registration of three Chinese doctors involved in medical practice at the hospital without meeting clinical criteria for the time being. 

Dr Pandey mentioned that the Nepali doctors whose names have been displayed in the hospital's board have been asked to submit written clarification within three days for violating professional ethics and regulations.