Kathmandu, January
A five-member team of doctors has been formed by Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to look after medical education reform activist Dr Govinda KC on his 16th hunger strike.
The team is led by Internal Medicine Department Chief Dr Pradip Krishna Shrestha and includes Dr Sawin Thapaliya, Prof Dr Divya Singh Shah and Associate Professor Dr Pankaj Pant.
“We have assigned the same team that looked after Dr KC during his 15th hunger strike,” informed Managing Director Dr Prem Khadka.
KC, who has not eaten since January 9, was airlifted to Kathmandu early on Friday morning after his health detonated. He is being treated at Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj. Khadka informed that KC suffers from heartburn, his heartbeats are not regular and he is weak. “As of now, his condition quite stable, but we are waiting for a few test results,” Khadka shared.
Doctors involved in the case informed that KC has been administered medicine to make sure he doesn’t suffer from pneumonia.
