Kathmandu, April 28 -- The meeting of the Medical Education Commission, chaired by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, on Monday directed private medical colleges to provide monthly allowances to resident doctors on par with those provided by government medical colleges with effect from the previously decided date.

The Commission also urged protesting doctors to call off their agitation and resume academic and clinical duties.

At the call of the Nepal Medical Association, resident doctors pursuing MD/MS degrees in private medical colleges have taken to the streets, boycotting all services except emergency and intensive care since April 25 demanding the allowances on par with their counterparts in government medical colleges.

As per the decis...