Service sans security

We must help build a better rapport between doctors and patients for quality health care.

Sixty doctors of the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences on Wednesday resigned en masse, citing insecurity following an assault on, and subsequent arrest of, Dr Karan Sah by a staff member of the academy. Sah was reportedly physically assaulted by Dhan Bahadur Shahi, an administrative employee, in the emergency unit on August 18. Shahi claimed that the doctor had failed to attend to a non-emergency case of his child immediately. As if the assault was not enough, the family of the abuser reportedly filed a false complaint against the doctor, leading to his arrest. The continued confrontation between doctors and locals in Jumla led to the doctors' mass resignation, which has affected health care in Jumla. Ultimately, it is the patients who are going to suffer if the conflict is not solved amicably and immediately.