The supporters of Dr Govinda KC have started a relay hunger protest in Pokhara to show their solidarity with the doctor, who has been staging a hunger strike at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in the Capital for the past 22 days. The protest, organised by Pokhara Civil Society, began on Monday with a tree plantation programme at Shahid Park. The strike participants said they will continue their non-violent resistance until Dr KC’s demands are addressed. Dr KC, a senior orthopaedic surgeon at the TUTH, is staging the fast-unto-death protest demanding reforms in the country’s medical education sector by passing the Medical Education Bill. This is the 11th time he has resorted to a hunger strike as the government time and again reneged on its commitment to address his demand. गुणस्तरीय चिकित्सा शिक्षा र सेवालाई आमनेपालीको पहुँचमा पुर्‍याउने मागको समर्थन र आमरण अनशनरत डा. गोविन्द केसीको जीवनरक्षाको माग गर्दै पोखरामा सोमबारदेखि रिले अनशन सुरु गरिएको छ । माथेमा आयोगको प्रतिवेदन, केसीले उठाएका जायज माग तथा यसअघि सरकारसँग भएका सम्झौताको कार्यान्वयन हुनुपर्ने मागसहित नागरिक समाज पोखराको आयोजनामा अनशन सुरु भएको हो । ‘केसीसँग पटकपटक सम्झौता गरेर पनि कार्यान्वयन नभएर एघारौं–पटकसम्म अनशन बस्नुपर्ने अवस्था आएको छ ।