Nepal Medical Association Demands Overtime Pay and Benefits for Doctors
Summary
Nepal Medical Association demands overtime payment and improved service benefits for doctors, including labor rights for professors, interns, and contract doctors, along with calls for a separate Doctors Act.
Key Points
- Nepal Medical Association demands government calculate overtime and increase service benefits for doctors.
- Association requests fixed OPD hours from 9 am to 3 pm with emergency duties outside this to be counted as overtime.
- Minimum labor rights sought for private medical college professors, contract doctors, and interns.
- Call made for a separate Doctors Act and mandatory liability insurance for doctors.
- Demands include increasing doctor numbers, providing incentives, limiting tax on overtime, and abolishing health equity fee in private hospitals.
