An agreement has been reached between the protesting doctors and the government. In the discussion held at the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday evening, three points were agreed, including the formation of a three-member working group to study the demands of the protesting Nepal Physicians Association and make suggestions.

The task force, which will be the main coordinator of the Supply Management and Consumer Protection Division under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply, will have 1/1 representative of joint secretary level from the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Health. The working group will submit a report with suggestions to the negotiation team within seven days, including necessary amendments to the legal and policy arrangements.  The

negotiating team includes Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supply Damodar Bhandari, Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Kumar Chaurasia, Minister of Health and Population Pradeep Paudel, Nepal Medical Association and other stakeholders.

"The working group will submit a report with suggestions on the technical issues of the medical field and various law amendments within 7 days," Dr. President of the Medical Association. Anilvikram Karki said, "After that, we will sit again for talks." To our satisfaction, it has been agreed that within 11 days, the relevant ministry will take principled consent from the Cabinet and proceed with the fast-track process for amending the law as soon as possible.

Dr. According to Karki, the task force will mainly suggest necessary amendments to the existing legal and policy provisions including the Consumer Protection Act 2075. In the memorandum of understanding, it is also mentioned that the concerned organizations, including the medical association, will suspend all kinds of protests and conduct regular services.

Noting that the court formed based on the Consumer Protection Act has punished the doctors without a solid basis, the doctors have been demanding that the Consumer Protection Act should be amended and that the medical council should decide the disputes related to treatment. 

Jyoti Baniyan, President of Consumer Interest Protection Forum, says that the paper prepared by the bandh strike is not official. "He who has the power does not necessarily have the rules," he said, adding that the government cannot make laws that affect fundamental rights. Even if that happens, there is a court.

The consumer court ruled that there was 'medical negligence' in the treatment and ordered that the hospital and the doctor should pay compensation in three different cases. Then there was a phased movement on the call of the union. Non-emergency services were suspended in hospitals across the country on Monday and Tuesday.

The movement made the patient suffer  

Due to the doctors' protest against the decision of the consumer court, the patients are in trouble for the second day on Tuesday. After the closure of non-emergency services, patients who came from different parts of the country for check-up are stranded. 

Ramkumari, a resident of Janakpur, was walking around in front of the gate of Gangalal National Heart Disease Center, carrying x-rays, medicines and previously examined documents in a red bag. Husband Shivshankar was also there. A few years ago, Ramkumari underwent an operation in this hospital due to a hole in her heart. She arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday along with her husband for follow-up.

I was thinking of getting checked on Sunday and returning home after showing the report to the doctor on Monday. But I am stuck in Kathmandu because of the closure of the doctors," she said. "How do we know that this will happen? If the hospital is closed, when will it open? The sorrow that came with barely time will be too much.' 

Similarly, 47-year-old Parvati Devi, who came from Nawalpur, also planned to see the doctor on Tuesday and return home in the evening. However, due to the closure of the OPD, Parvati's stay in Kathmandu will be prolonged. We did not know that the hospital was closed, otherwise we would not have come to Kathmandu. We were thinking of checking and returning. There is no money, it was very difficult to stay in a hotel, to eat,' she says, 'We met the doctor in the morning and explained the problem, but so far nothing has come out, we are at a crossroads.' 

Gamheera Paswan rushed to a hospital in Birganj after she found it difficult to breathe. He arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday after the doctor advised him to go to Kathmandu because of a heart problem. He is also waiting for the doctor who has completed blood tests and echo. Paswan says, "Waiting for the doctor took two days. If we close one more day, we will be in trouble. If any doctor had looked at the report, we would have gone home, time was spent waiting for the doctor.'

Lalita Suhail also came to Gangalal from Hetaunda with her husband and little son to get checked after she suddenly had difficulty in breathing and heart pain. She came from Hetaunda on Saturday and said that she stayed at the hotel for 2 days and went to her relatives without money after finding out that the hospital services were closed. We came with the idea of ​​checking and returning in two days. After the hospital was closed and we didn't have enough money, we went to live with our relatives,' says Suhail, 'We have the report in hand, the doctor who will look at the report is not in the hospital.' 

When the OPD services were closed due to the teachers' strike, the patients who went for treatment in other hospitals of the capital also had to suffer. 82-year-old Ram Bahadur Sunar of Tanahun also reached the teaching hospital in Maharajganj on Tuesday morning for his regular check-up. But, could not check. He narrates that the closure of the OPD due to the doctors' strike has caused huge problems for remote patients like him. "The long way has come but the hospital is closed," he said, "Such closures make it very difficult for ordinary people like us."

The face of Khit Bahadur Pandey of Ramechhap, who was found in the teaching hospital premises on Tuesday morning, looked pale. He was standing on crutches. Pandey had broken his leg in an accident a few months ago. He underwent leg surgery at the teaching hospital. He came to Kathmandu for follow-up. He came to the hospital to remove the plaster and show other reports. He complained that it was very difficult for him when the service was stopped. He says, 'I can't walk. It would be a pleasure to show the report. It is difficult to walk with such legs.' 

Similarly, 40-year-old Vinitadevi Chaudhary of Kailali has been suffering from blood cancer in Patan Hospital for 5 years. He has to take regular medication due to cancer. Otherwise, there is a problem of aversion to food, numbness of limbs, dizziness and nausea. She visits the hospital every three months for follow-up. He had to return on Tuesday after the hospital's OPD services were closed from Monday due to the doctors' protest.

Chowdhury couple, husband and wife migrated to Rajdhani to get treatment for blood cancer, had to suffer on Monday and Tuesday due to doctor's protest. Disappointed, Vinita says, "The medicines are all over, it is very expensive to go to a private hospital for treatment." We were only saddened by this movement.'

Lalitpur Patan Dhoka's Srijana Rajopadhyay is 9 months pregnant. The doctor has given the 'delivery' date as July 12. She is suffering from diabetes. Jachaun had reached Patan Hospital on Monday due to high diabetes. She reached on Tuesday after the hospital was closed, but she was forced to return without checking. "I took the form for admission, but I came back after being told that the OPD should be opened to enter the hospital with the health insurance number." She returned home disappointed, fearing that even the unborn child might be in danger due to high diabetes.

70-year-old Kesharimaya Ava of Sanothimi, Bhaktapur went to Patan Hospital on Tuesday to change the stool collection bag. She underwent bowel surgery four months ago, a hole was made in her stomach and the bowel was taken out and stool was collected in the bag. It has been four weeks since he changed his bag. She went to the hospital for treatment on Tuesday due to the problem of stool leaking from the pouch and tape sticking to the pouch coming off. Suffering from rheumatism, she says, "The surgeon only meets on Sundays and Tuesdays." However, when we came to the hospital, it was closed, we were very sad.

These are representative patients who will suffer due to the strike by doctors in hospitals across the country. Surya Thapa, who came from Dhankuta to Patan Hospital to get the BCG, DPT and Measles vaccination records of his daughter at birth to send her to study in America, was also shocked.