Doctors’ fee almost doubled during pandemic but government unaware

Nepal Medical Association, the umbrella organisation of medical doctors, says it decided to hike the fees after the government ignored its longstanding demand for a fee revision.

A few months ago, Jaya Laxmi Upadhyay, 73, from Koteshwar in Kathmandu, was taken to a private hospital to consult a doctor for her rheumatoid arthritis.