KATHMANDU: Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has drawn the attention of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology over the failure of several private medical colleges to provide resident doctors with living allowances equivalent to the government’s eighth pay scale, as mandated by the Medical Education Commission.
According to NMA, five medical institutions—Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar (operated by federal lawmaker Dr. Sunil Sharma), Kathmandu Medical College (KMC), Chitwan Medical College, Kantipur Dental College, and Peoples Dental College—have not provided the required monthly allowance of Rs. 48,737 to MD, MS, and MDS resident doctors.
The 16th meeting of the Medical Education Commission had decided that all resident doctors in Nepal should be paid a living allowance equal to the government’s eighth-tier salary scale. The commission had subsequently circulated the decision to all private medical and dental colleges for implementation. However, these five colleges have reportedly failed to comply with the directive.
In a joint statement issued by NMA President Dr. Anil Bikram Karki and General Secretary Sanjeev Tiwari, the association urged the Medical Education Commission to take immediate action.
The statement calls for the cancellation of program monitoring and seat allocation processes for MBBS, BDS, DM, MCH, and other postgraduate courses at the non-compliant institutions. The association has also demanded legal and regulatory consequences for ignoring the official directive.
NMA stressed that the failure to provide the mandated allowance undermines both the rights of the resident doctors and the authority of the commission, warning that continued non-compliance could harm the medical education system in the country.
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