Nepal, Nov. 15 -- Gopal Prasad Pandey, a senior health assistant, was serving at the health desk of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu until recently. But since his transfer to a health post in Chandragiri Rural Municipality, Pandey visits the airport only during nights to sleep.

"We all have been transferred to local levels. The health desk at the airport is without staff. It will be shut down very soon. I am just waiting to hand over the documents and keys," Pandey told the Post.

According to Pandey, he and his colleagues at the health desk were transferred, one after another, as part of the civil servant adjustment process.

Chandra Khatri was transferred to a health facility in Surkhet some two weeks ago while Bhuwan Hamal...