JANAKPUR, May 20: A student was found dead this morning at a school in Janakpur Sub Metropolitan City.

Our concern following the 12-point understanding between government representatives and Dr Govinda KC—who had been on his 10th fast-unto-death for 22 days before he broke his fast on Sunday—is that the depressing past trend of not following through on agreements with Dr KC could be repeated.

It is a damning indictment of our political class that an aging medical doctor has had to repeatedly put his life on the line for medical sector reform. The agendas Dr Govinda KC has been championing—a government hospital in each of the federal provinces, meritocratic appointments in the Institute of Medicine (IOM), affordable MBBS and MD fees, no new license for medical colleges before parliamentary endorsement of the medical education bill, action against Lokman Singh Kar