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Agitating doctors, police clash in Maharajgunj

Doctors stage a protest to express their solidarity with Dr Govinda KC, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, July 26, 2018.

Kathmandu, July 26

Doctors who have launched a protest programme in support of medical education reform activist Dr Govinda KC got engaged in a clash with police personnel in Maharajgunj of Kathmandu on Thursday morning.

The clash ensued after the security personnel tried to block the doctors from going towards the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar from the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj.

After being blocked, the agitating health personnel chanted slogans against the government. They said citizens were children of the government, but the government failed to play the role of a guardian.

The doctors staged a sit-in just outside the Teaching Hospital after police restricted their movement.

Meanwhile, police detained around 30 doctors from the crowd and took them to Nepal Police Club.

The umbrella organisation of Nepali medical doctors, Nepal Medical Association, and another organisation of Teaching Hospital’s resident doctors have announced different protest programmes in solidarity with Dr KC, who has been staging a fast-unto-death for last 27 days.

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