SINDHULI, Aug. 19 -- Just three doctors for 300 patients who seek service on a daily basis

Kiran Shrestha of Kamalamai Municipality reached Sindhuli District Hospital with his ill son early morning on Sunday. After staying in the queue for hours, he got a ticket which would allow him to meet the doctor. He was supposed to meet a doctor in the pediatric section. But there was no doctor in the room. "I was told that there are no doctors in the hospital. All have left," he lamented.

The 50-bed district hospital is in a severe crisis. As many as 57 doctors and staffers have left the hospital following the implementation of the Civil Servants Adjustment Act 2017. And other employees have not joined the hospital yet to fill the vacancy.

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