The 16th meeting of the Medical Education Commission held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and Chairman KP Sharma Oli has decided to provide subsistence allowance equal to the government (eighth level) to resident doctors studying in private medical colleges.

In the meeting of the commission held at the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, Singhdarbar, it was decided to maintain the same facility (Rs 48 thousand 700 per month) of the resident doctor based on the discussions with the concerned parties and the reports received. other  It has been concluded that the matter will be discussed further and a decision will be taken soon at the commission meeting. In the

meeting, there was also a discussion about the annual fee of Rs 2.3 lakh from the students who do not agree to study and work for 2 years in the respective college. At present, private medical colleges are giving monthly subsistence allowance of Rs 20,000. In the situation where post-graduate level students continue to protest for the same facilities and even the commission exams are affected, the initiative to solve the problem has been taken at the initiative of Prime Minister Oli. During the

meeting, Prof. Dr. Gyanendraman Singh Karki, the president of the private medical college association, asked to make a decision after the procedure is made, but Prime Minister Oli, who is also the chairman of the commission, and the co-chairman, Health and Population Minister Pradeep Paudel and Education, Science and Technology Minister Vidya Bhattarai clarified that they cannot back down from the commitment of providing equal facilities to resident doctors.