Operation Quack

(First published in The Kathmandu Post ) The identification and arrest of 36 doctors possessing forged academic certificates, mostly of school and intermediate level, and using them to pursue their medical degree have come as a shock to many. Everyone was dismayed by the fact that people with fraudulent certificates thrive in the medical sector that has profound effects on the life and death of a person. As a result, nakkali daktar became a household phrase overnight. This is indeed a reminder of the dishonest...

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DOCTORS UNDER THREAT

(First published in The Kathmandu Post ) Dr. Guna Raj Awasthi, Medical Superintendent of District hospital, Baitadi was busy with a line of patients in the hospital on June 5 when a group of women smeared black soot on his face. It was later understood that they were incited by a local Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Koli who badly wanted to settle scores with this hugely popular doctor. Several weeks down the line, Koli is still at large. The larger story In order to justify their inhumane act, the assailants...

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छाउपडीले निम्त्याएको मानसिक विक्षिप्तता

(First published in सेतोपाटी) अछाम जिल्लाको सदरमुकाम मंगलसेन नगरपालिका बस्ने १४ वर्षकी कमला ढुंगाना (नाम परिवर्तन) स्थानीय स्कुलमा कक्षा ८ मा पढ्दैछिन् | हालैको एक दिन दिउँसो १ बजेतिर कमला मंगलसेनस्थित जिल्ला अस्पताल ल्याइएकी थिइन् | एक्कासी पेट दुख्ने, हातखुट्टा बाउँडिने, घाँटी थिचिएजस्तो हुने, घरीघरी मुर्छा परेजस्तो हुने भएपछि आत्तिएर सोही स्कुलमा कक्षा १० मा पढ्ने उनकी दिदीले ल्याएकी थिइन् उनलाई अस्पताल | हामीले समस्या बुझ्न खोज्दा उनी केही पनि बोलिनन् तर हाम्रो कुरा भने बडो ध्यानपूर्वक सुनिरहेकी थिइन् | स्वास्थ्य...

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