Demand for immediate action against those who enter the hospital and attack the health workers <\/strong><\/p>\n Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) general secretary and former Health Minister Pradip Poudel has strongly condemned the series of attacks on health workers at Palanta Hospital in Kalikot. <\/p>\n “It is sad and worrisome that doctors, nurses and other health workers working in remote areas are unsafe in their own workplace at a time when it is difficult to send health workers to remote areas,” he said in a social media post on Saturday.<\/p>\n “The series of attacks and misbehaviour on health workers at Palanta Hospital in Kalikot is highly condemnable,” he said, adding, “On the one hand, it is difficult to send health workers to remote areas, while on the other hand, it is very sad and worrisome that doctors and nurses who are working in remote areas risking their lives are unsafe in their own workplace.” “<\/p>\n He demanded an immediate investigation into the incident of assault on health workers and action against the culprits as per the law. <\/p>\n “Immediately investigate the incident of attack inside the hospital and take action as per the law,” he said, adding that the government should show more seriousness and sensitivity in the management of peace and security at a time when the lives of those who save the lives of the citizens are at risk. Ensure that all health workers can work in a fear-free environment. “<\/p>\n Poudel said that it is a serious matter that the health workers who are supposed to save the lives of the citizens are putting their own lives at risk. He also urged the government to show more seriousness and sensitivity in the management of peace and security. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Demand for immediate action against those who enter the hospital and attack the health workers Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) general secretary and former Health Minister Pradip Poudel has strongly condemned the series of attacks on health workers at Palanta Hospital in Kalikot. “It is sad and worrisome that doctors, nurses and other health workersContinue reading “Demand for immediate action against those who enter the hospital and attack the health workers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":85331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samachar-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pradip-poudel_e84e23c7.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85341,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85340\/revisions\/85341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/85331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}