Agitating doctors agreed to call off their indefinite strike as the hospital administration agreed to increase salary of the doctors after a marathon meeting held at Kaski District Administration Office yesterday evening.[break]
“We have decided to return to the work after the administration agreed to adjust the salary scale and increase it by 15 per cent,” said, Deepak Koirala, a doctor at the hospital.
Earlier, agitating doctors had refused to accept the hospital´s decision to increase the salary by 12 per cent.
Doctors had been halting the OPD services at the hospital since July 25 demanding a 20 per cent raise in their salaries.
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