Nepal Doctors End Strike

Hundreds of doctors in Nepal ended a five-day strike after the government agreed to meet their demands for medical education reforms, say sources. Hospitals and clinics across the Himalayan nation have been shut since Sunday in support of an orthopaedic surgeon who launched a hunger strike, leaving thousands of patients without treatment. Govinda K.C., who works at the state-run Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, began his protest ...