Other doctors at the hospital also took leave and left for home after the Medical Superintendent at the Hospital Dr. Tarun Paudel left on a long leave.[break]
There are 10 doctors at the hospital. But there is none at present due to the Tihar festival.
Four trainee doctors at the hospital have also left for home for the festival. It is learnt they left without informing the hospital administration.
The only anaesthesiologist at the hospital has also left the hospital on deputation at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu while two doctors have gone on training for two months. A pediatrician is also on deputation at the Gandaki Hospital in Pokhara.
Moreover, doctors do not prefer to work at the hospital as there is no accommodation facility for them and the hospital administration’s improper management of the duty schedule of the doctors.
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