DHARAN, Oct. 26 -- After exposing that the doctors at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) have been prescribing food supplements to patients unnecessarily, the market monitoring by the Department of Drug Administration (DDA) also found that hospitals in Jhapa and Biratnagar have been following the same practice to get commissions from the companies producing food supplements.
According to Sanjib Sharma Kattel, chief at DDA, Biratnagar, the doctors at Mechi District Hospital in Jhapa, B & C Hospital in Birtamode, Birat Medical College, Novel Medical College, Mechi Hospital and Birat Nursing Home, too, have been found prescribing food supplements unnecessarily to patients.
"The department has already sent letters to the hospita...