KATHMANDU, July 8: Outpatient services at hospitals across the Kathmandu Valley remained shut for the second consecutive day on Monday due to the ongoing strike by the Nepal Medical Association (NMA).
Patients visiting hospitals, including the Bir Hospital, had to return without treatment. “Outpatient services are fully closed. Patients who came for checkups had to go back,” said a staff member at Bir Hospital’s ticket counter.
Hundreds affected by residents' OPD boycott
Teaching Hospital was found to be checking only old patients, while other major hospitals in the capital also confirmed the closure of outpatient departments.
The NMA has said it will continue the protest until the government addresses its demands. The association also claimed that the government has made no effort so far to resolve the issue.
