Birendranagar/ Mugu, April 27 -- Doctors and health workers think they are being punished when they get transferred to health facilities in Karnali Province, which has been affecting services at public health institutions in the province for years. Even those doctors and health workers who are from outside the province and have been working in Karnali for years say that providing services is challenging although not impossible.

According to the Karnali Province Health Directorate, there are 895 government positions for health workers in the province, but only 314 have been filled. Similarly, there are 79 positions for specialist doctors, but only ten have been filled, and out of the total 157 positions for medical officers, 124 are vacan...