Dr Govind KC, who had earlier postponed his hunger strike for two weeks on August 28, has started his fast-unto-death strike from today in Dhangadhi. Dr KC has taken this decision after the government ignored the deadline to fulfill his six-point demands.

The team supporting Dr KC has informed that he will start his hunger strike from Monday evening. Dr KC has demanded the government’s attention to make appropriate reforms within the medical sector.

Presenting a six-point demand forward, Dr KC had earlier informed that he would go on a hunger strike from today, organising a press conference in Kathmandu on August 28.

The demands put forward by Dr KC team are: to improve health services; increase capacity and upgrade quality of all the government hospitals in the country; umbrella law regarding health science institutes; legal arrangements to prevent conflict of interests among staffers of medical institutes; law regarding criteria for appointing staffers of medical institutes and universities; arrangement to make system of Nepal’s medical educational institutions non-profit within 2028; legal arrangements for the wide use and expansion of electric vehicles.