Kathmandu, Aug. 16 -- The government's employee adjustment process, which was started with a view to adjusting civil servants in the new federal set-up to ensure effective service delivery, does not seem to have worked in the health sector.

Since doctors working at government health facilities too have been put in the same basket as other civil servants, services at different hospitals are likely to be affected, while specialist doctors may not be able to use their expertise in some health facilities where they have been adjusted.

Dr Badri Rijal is an orthopaedist and trauma surgeon at the National Trauma Centre. A few days ago he learned that he has been transferred to Dadeldhura Hospital.

Rijal's concern is he won't be able to use hi...