Hundreds of Dr Govinda KC’s supporters participated in a mass rally in the Capital on Saturday, urging the government to immediately address the demands of senior orthopaedic surgeon. Dr KC has been on hunger strike for the past 13 days at the TU Teaching Hospital demanding reforms in the country’s medical education sector. People from different walks of life, including medical students, doctors, professors and commoners, joined in the rally that started from Maitighar Mandala. The rally converged into a corner assembly at New Baneshwor. Among the participants was former chief justice Sushila Karki who in her brief address to the mass said that it is the moral responsibility of people to support Dr KC. She urged the government to address his demands soon. Endorsement of the Health Profession Education Bill, one of Dr KC’s major demands, has been pending in Parliament for the past one year. The bill calls for the formation of an overarching regulatory framework for the medical education sector. Apart from the HPE Bill, Dr KC has been demanding mandatory enrolment of meritorious students in private medical colleges which have been admitting students with poor results, charging exorbitant fees. He has also urged the government to give the Institute of Medicine the authority to enrol students, set fees and grant affiliation and de-affiliate medical colleges that fail to abide by the directives issued by the government and the court.