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Dhakal assumes office as DG of Department of Drug Administration



KATHMANDU: Narayan Dhakal has assumed the office as the Director-General of the Department of Drug Administration on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) gave a letter entrusting him with the responsibility as per the interim order of the Supreme Court.

Dhakal said that assumed the office as the Director-General.

Earlier, the MoHP had installed Dhakal to the post of Chief of National Medicine Laboratory under the employment adjustment.

He had then filed a writ at the Supreme Court (SC) demanding to stop implementation of the decision.

Publish Date : 24 September 2019 15:21 PM

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