Locals protest against doctors' stay in nearby hotel

Kathmandu - Locals here have protested over the accommodation to doctors and nurses of Regional hospital of Pokhara Institute of Health Science in a nearby hotel. The doctors and nurses have been staying in Tulip Pokhara Inn at Baidam at Pokhara Metropolis-6. The locals have argued that the medical workers were provided residence without consulting ward office and people in the locality.

Chairperson of community policy service centre at Baidam, Mina Bhatta, however, said they were raising voice because the doctors and nurses working in contact with the infected persons were kept in the hotel which has not met criteria for providing accommodation. Safer area is required for them, she added. "We're not protesting but warning of insecurity. There are 52 houses of workers around the hotel. There is no well-managed parking, children are frolicking without carelessly. The medical persons working in the forefront should be kept in standard hotel."