Kathmandu, Jan. 29 -- The government has decided to address the demand of main opposition Nepali Congress to keep the two hospitals established in the name of two former Prime Ministers and Nepali Congress leaders under the federal government's jurisdiction.

A cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to bring the two hospitals-Girija Prasad Koirala Respiratory Hospital in Tanahu and Sushil Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Banke-under the purview of federal government.

Earlier in the first week of January, the Ministry of Health and Population had given names of 11 hospitals, including two hospitals under the name of Koirala duo, to the Cabinet to bring them under the federal government. However, the Cabinet had approved only nine hospi...