Kathmandu, November 12
Whereas the Federal Parliament has failed to move forward the National Medical Education Bill that the government had registered some months ago, owing to multiple disputes, some lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party have demanded that the state take the control of all private medical colleges within next few years.
Anjana Bishankhe, Parvati Kumari Bishankhe and Amrita Thapa have demanded that the state acquire all health education institutions within next five years so that the commercialisation of medical education would end.
Amendment proposals registered by Nepali Congress lawmaker Gagan Thapa and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party’s Prem Suwal have also put forth similar demands.
NCP leader Khaga Raj Adhikari, who heads a subcommittee under the Health and Education Committee in the House of Representatives, says the state is capable of taking over if it really wishes so.
The Committee is scheduled to begin clausewise discussions over the bill from next week.
