Kathmandu, Feb. 8 -- The Medical Education Commission has finally agreed to fix stipends of the post graduate students from private medical colleges on par with that of government-owned colleges.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, as the chair of the commission, called an emergency meeting of the commission to decide on stipends after resident doctors started halting non-emergency services. Currently, postgraduate students (MD/MS) from government-owned institutions get Rs48,737 per month, which is equivalent to the salary of a gazetted officer. However, private medical colleges have been paying the same level of students around Rs20,000.

"Yes the commission has fixed Rs 48,737 for all the post graduate medical students," Bidya Bhattarai, min...