Affiliation of Medical College to B&C Hospital

Kathmandu. The Medical Education Commission has decided to give affiliation of medical college to B&C Hospital in Jhapa. The 14th meeting of the commission held in Baluwatar on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, who is also the chairman of the commission, has decided to grant affiliation to B&C to teach medical education as per the order of the Supreme Court.

On Chait 12, 2080, the bench of Justices Kumar Chudal and Saranga Subedi ordered the affiliation of B&C Hospital, which is operated by Durga Prasain, to a medical college. Last May 14, the Supreme Court issued an order within 15 days in the name of Kathmandu University and Medical Education Commission. After the mandate, the meeting of Kathmandu University Executive Committee on 27th of June sent a letter to the Medical Education Commission with a recommendation to give affiliation to B&C. The co-chairmen of the Commission, Health and Population Minister Pradeep Yadav and Education, Science and Technology Minister Sumana Shrestha also participated in the meeting.
Medical education reform activist Prof. Dr. Govind KC has demanded a judicial review of the court’s order. KC, who has been claiming that the joint bench of the Supreme Court recently ordered the affiliation of B&C Medical College to be flawed, said that a review is necessary. If there is no review against the order, Dr. will go on hunger strike. Govind KC has warned.
B&C had taken the letter of intent from the Ministry of Education in the year 2064 and had been doing preparatory work for the operation of the medical college including infrastructure construction. B&C had submitted an application to the commission in 2076 to get affiliation according to the same provisions of the Act. But at that time, the Commission refused to approve the relationship, citing the reason that the letter of intent was not renewed.
Prof. Dr. Gobind KC has said, “Since no one in the country is above the constitution, we again demand that the judge who made the erroneous decision be held accountable through the parliamentary process.” As it has been confirmed that there has been a judicial deviation during the judgment, we draw the attention of the Judicial Council to separate the senior judge of that bench from the administration of justice and proceed with further necessary actions. We would like to inform you that if all our demands are not met, we will be forced to start satyagraha from 14th Ashadha as mentioned in the press release issued on 31st June 2081.