Health minister accuses Dr KC of being used by interest groups

He said he has tabled a proposal in the Cabinet to prepare a law to allow study of nursing and paramedical courses in all hospitals with 100 to 300 beds and start MBBS study in those with over 300 beds.

Five days after Dr Govinda KC, the firebrand orthopaedic surgeon, announced he’ll start a fresh hunger strike demanding reforms in medical education, Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has accused him of working for interest groups that are destroying the country’s medical education sector.