House Committee directs Nobel Medical College to start classes within a week

Kathamndu: The Education and Health Committee also directed Biratnagar-based Nobel Medical College to start academic classes for enrolled students within a week.

Speaking at a meeting of the committee in Sinhadarbar today, lawmakers demanded the government fire the officials of the Medical Education Council accusing them of playing with the future of students supporting the medical college.

They also demanded the government scrap the affiliation of Nobel Medical College which has been accused of overcharging fees to students.

Meanwhile, The Medical Education Commission has forwarded an action against Biratnagar-based Nobel Medical College.

The college has been accused of charging its MBBS students additional fees and troubling them under various pretexts.

Vice Chairperson of the Commission Dr Shree Krishna Giri said MBBS quotas for the college would be decreased or scrapped and its affiliation could be annulled.