Doc Transfer Shuts Bardiya Hospital

We padlocked the hospital demanding that the decision to transfer him be withdrawn.Following the lockup, patients visiting the hospital are forced to return home without treatment, Bal Krishna Sharma, supervisor at the District Public Health Office (DPHO), said, adding that irate locals have also padlocked the DPHO.Demanding that the decision to withdraw Dr Lohani be withdrawn, students, political leaders and locals of Gulariya took out a rally in Gulariya on Thursday.The rallyists demanded that Dr Lohani be posted again to the district hospital at the earliest.Expressing solidarity with the agitation, Dr Ravin Khadka and Dr Khagendra Jung Shah of the hospital went on leave yesterday.Posted in the hospital in mid-December, Dr Lohani was transferred to the Dolakha district hospital on Sunday.

All services save emergency service have come to a halt in the Bardiya District Hospital.The disruption in services has hit patients hard.Stating that the Ministry of Health decided to transfer Dr Gunaraj Lohani though he had not completed six months of tenure in the hospital, locals and activists of the ... ...Students' Union of the Bardiya Campus have padlocked hospital wards since Tuesday. A government rule has it that an employee cannot be transferred unless s/he has worked in a certain office for six months at least.Binod Sharma, acting president of the FSU at the Babai Campus, said, "Dr Lohani is a dedicated doctor. We padlocked the hospital demanding that the decision to transfer him be withdrawn.Following the lockup, patients visiting the hospital are forced to return home without treatment, Bal Krishna Sharma, supervisor at the District Public Health Office (DPHO), said, adding that irate locals have also padlocked the DPHO.Demanding that the decision to withdraw Dr Lohani be withdrawn, students, political leaders and locals of Gulariya took out a rally in Gulariya on Thursday.The rallyists demanded that Dr Lohani be posted again to the district hospital at the earliest.Expressing solidarity with the agitation, Dr Ravin Khadka and Dr Khagendra Jung Shah of the hospital went on leave yesterday.Posted in the hospital in mid-December, Dr Lohani was transferred to the Dolakha district hospital on Sunday.

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