Nepal Medical Association postpones protest

 

 

Kathmandu, August 16

Leaders of the Nepal Medical Association, who are protesting various provisions of the new civil code set to come into effect from tomorrow, have put off their protests for two weeks.

The association, which had earlier called on members to submit their licenses to the central office, had threatened to go on strike if its demands were not met.

The association has demanded that a provision in the new law, which can be used to put a doctor behind bars for five years failing to save a patient, be amended. The association wants the law to make provisions for an expert committee to examine cases of medical negligence.

The protest was put off after the government assured the doctors that the said provision would be amended in two weeks. The doctors have threatened to return their licenses to the medical council if their demands are not met.

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