The university says it is ready to start classes in February 2027, but hospital doctors and employees told The Kathmandu Post that its teaching hospital is not yet fully equipped.
Medical reform activist Dr. Govinda KC has launched his 25th hunger strike in Ilam, citing the government's failure to implement past agreements on health sector reforms.
The Medical Education Commission has added 418 seats at public institutions before entrance exams begin on October 31, including the first 50 MBBS seats at a new university in Geta whose approval campaigner Dr Govinda KC wants revoked.
Postgraduate resident doctors at Birgunj's National Medical College and Teaching Hospital have demonstrated outside the gates after management barred them from entering and ordered them to vacate their hostels.
The House of Representatives has unanimously endorsed the preliminary proposal for the Ramraja Prasad Singh Institute of Health Sciences Bill, advancing plans for a major medical academy in Madhesh Province.
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