Supporters of Dr Govinda KC organised a mass rally in the Capital on Saturday.

They urged government to immediately address the demands of senior orthopaedic surgeon KC who has been staging hunger strike for the past 13 days at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital demanding reforms in the country’s medical education sector.

People from different walks of life, including medical students, doctors, professors and commoners participated in the rally that started from Maitighar Mandala of the Capital. The rally converged into a corner assembly at New Baneshwor.

Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki also took part in the rally.

Dr KC’s one of the demands is endorsement of the Health Profession Education Bill. The bill has been lying in the Parliament for the past one year.

The bill demands formation of an overarching regulatory framework for the medical education sector.

Dr KC has also been demanding mandatory enrolment of meritorious students in private medical colleges which have been admitting students with poor results, charging exorbitant amount of money from them.

He has also demanded that the Institute of Medicine be given the authority to enrol students, set fees and grant affiliation and de-affiliate medical colleges that fail to abide by the directives issued by the government and the court.

The government, however, had already addressed Dr KC’s demand of appointing assistant deans and campus chief as per recommendation of the IoM dean.