Nepal, May 2 -- Minister for Health and Population Pradeep Paudel has warned that private medical colleges failing to provide residential doctors with allowances equivalent to those of the government's eighth-level employees may lose their affiliation.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, organized by the Ministry in collaboration with the Nepal Medical Association to address doctors' demands, Minister Paudel issued the warning.

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