TU annuled the controversial entrance examinations after consulting agitating students and doctors of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) and officials of IoM. Earlier, the Nepal Medical Council (NMC) had invalidated the exams and recommended TU to formally cancel it. Despite TU canceling the exams, agitating doctors and students on Friday vowed to continue with their strike. [break]
“We will not call off our strike as two of our demands are remain unaddressed,” Manoj Poudel, president of Free Students Union (FSU) at TUTH told myrepublica.com. Agitating TUTH doctors and students have been demanding resignation of the Dean of IoM Dr Arun Sayami and proper investigation into widespread irregularities in the entrance exams.
According to Dr Karbir Nath Yogi, president of Nepal University Teachers Association (NUTA), Maharajgunj chapter, they will hold meetings after receiving the formal letter about the cancellation of the exams to decide whether to call off their ongoing strike. “The cancellation of the exams is not a significant progress at all as it was already invalidated by NMC,” Yogi told myrepublica.com. “We will take further steps only after thorough discussions.”
All services at TUTH have come to a halt since Tuesday. Though locals forced TUTH officials to partially resume emergency service on Friday, hundreds of patients are still bearing the brunt of the strike. Doctors and students are on the warpath for almost two weeks alleging Dr Sayami of rigging the entrance exams.
Meanwhile, two different meetings held at the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Prime Minister´ offices on Friday failed to resume TUTH services.
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