Dr KC ends hunger strike after government agrees to probe Geta MBBS approval

The agreement was reached on Saturday morning between Minister for Education and Sports Sasmit Pokharel, who is also co-chair of the Medical Education Commission, and KC. Under the deal, a five-member panel led by Professor Dr Ramesh Prasad Acharya will review the commission’s October 16 decision to allow academic programmes, including MBBS, at Geta and to increase MBBS seats at the Army Medical College under the Nepali Army College of Health Sciences.

The panel will assess whether the approvals and seat allocations meet medical education standards and submit its findings to the government. Student matching will proceed after the government implements the panel’s recommendations.

The agreement also states that officials from the commission, Geta institute and medical college involved in the decisions could face action if the panel finds that required standards were not met or that conflicts of interest were involved. KC began his hunger strike in Ilam on October 28, putting forward six demands.