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Rising doctor-patient tensions threaten Nepal’s healthcare

by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post,Oct 1, 2023Since Wednesday, thousands of patients across Nepal had been deprived of regular healthcare services as resident doctors nationwide skipped duty to protest Monday’s assault on doctors at Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara. This was not the first time healthcare services have been affected due to doctors’ strikes in Nepal. On September 18, the Nepal Medical Association, an umbrella organisation of medical doctors, called a nationwide strike to…