NMC warns to resign en masse
KATHMANDU, JAN 21 -Nepal Medical Council has said that they would abide by the Supreme Court's order to resume emergency services in hospitals but threatened to quit en masse if any force was used by the government against the agitating doctors.
Organising a press meet in the Capital on Tuesday, NMC Chairman Anjani Jha urged doctors to resume all the essential services through the emergency wards. "Abiding by the SC's verdict, I urge to continue the emergency services. Our stir to suspend services except emergency continues," Jha said during the meet.
Jha also demanded to save the life of Dr Govinda KC who is staging indefinite hunger strike since January 11 putting forth his seven-point demand, including the immediate removal of the newly appointment dean at the Institute of Medicine.
"If any untoward incident happens during the hunger strike or our protest, government should bear its responsibility," he said.
Jha warned that doctors across the country will resign en masse if government remains indifferent towards solving the problem. Some 15,000 doctors are associated with NMC, an umbrella organization of medical doctors, across the country.
In response to two separate petitions, the apex court on Monday had ordered the agitating doctors to resume services in hospitals across the country within an hour of receiving its order. A single bench of Justice Prakash Wosti stated that the doctors cannot resort to strike in hospitals, which provide essential services.
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