Teaching hospital back to business
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KATHMANDU, APR 02 - In a much-needed relief for thousands of patients, all services of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) have resumed from Thursday.
The medical professionals and students agitating for the past 16 days called off their strike following an agreement between the government and agitating doctors.
The government has decided to form a committee to probe alleged irregularities in the entrance examinations for postgraduate degrees in medicine -- MS and MD.
With the reopening of TUTH, hundreds of patients thronged the hospital on Thursday, said TUTH Director Dr. Keshav Singh. “Like normal days, patients are getting full services.”
The hospital was closed since March 15 following a row over entrance tests on March 13 and 14. Resident doctors, consultants and hospital employees had launched an agitation demanding cancellation of the tests, resignation of office-bearers at the Dean’s Office and probe into alleged corruption. The strike prompted TU to invalidate the entrance exam.
A meeting between the agitating doctors and ministers on Wednesday decided to form a five-member committee led by former Education Secretary Jaya Ram Giri to probe alleged irregularities and submit a report within 15 days.
However, medical professionals have said the protest will go on. They are working wearing black bands on their wrists.
The hospital sees more than 1,500 OPD patients and 100 emergency cases daily.
Posted on: 2010-04-02 09:11
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