INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, July 5
The Supreme Court issued an interim order to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan today to halt admission
process for MD, MS and MDS programmes.
A single bench of Justice Tanka Bahadur Moktan issued the order on a writ petition filed by Dr Pushpa
Mani Kharal, a medical activist
In the petition he had accused the institution of allocating more quotas to foreign students
The court ordered BPKIHS to halt admission procedure until further notice
The apex court has ordered all the bodies concerned to be present in the court on July 14.
BPKIHS has been accused of allocating three out
of five quotas each, in general medicine and paediatrics and four out of six quotas in surgery, for foreign students
The medical colleges
can&t allocate more than one-third of the total seats for foreign students as per the National Medical Education Act.
&I filed the case
because the decision of BPKIHS is not fair
Medical seats should be allocated in line with the National Medical Education Act,& said Kharal.
Junior Resident Welfare Society, a society
of junior resident doctors at BPKIHS, had padlocked the offices of Vice-chancellor Dr Raj Kumar Rauniyar and Rector Dr Guru Khanal office
protesting the enrolment of foreigner students exceeding the quotas allocated to them.
BPKIHS had, however, clarified that the quotas it
allocated for foreign students was as per the National Medical Education Act
The agitating doctors have demanded that the quota rule be implemented properly.
BPKIHS padlocked over foreign student quota
Quota rule for
foreign medical students not violated: BPKIHS
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