{"id":433226,"date":"2026-07-28T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=433226"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:41:12","slug":"ministry-urges-uninterrupted-health-services-amid-doctors-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/433226.html","title":{"rendered":"Ministry urges uninterrupted health services amid doctors&#8217; strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Health-Ministry-1-1024x539.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Health-Ministry-1-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Health-Ministry-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Health-Ministry-1-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Health-Ministry-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 28, Kathmand:<\/strong> The Ministry of Health has urged all healthcare providers not to disrupt essential health services, following an announcement by doctors and health workers to halt non-emergency medical operations today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release issued today, the Ministry\u2019s associate spokesperson, Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, appealed to all hospitals to maintain a smooth environment for patient care, emphasizing the dignity, social responsibility, and sensitivity of the medical profession. He highlighted that access to healthcare is a fundamental right of every citizen, while working in a safe and respectful environment is a right for health workers and a shared responsibility for society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry also expressed serious concern over recent incidents of assault and mistreatment directed at doctors, health workers, and medical institutions, reassuring the public that those responsible will be brought to legal justice. The strike was called by the Nepal Medical Association following an attack last Saturday on staff and facilities at Narayani Hospital in Birgunj, as healthcare workers demand stronger security measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 28, Kathmand: The Ministry of Health has urged all healthcare providers not to disrupt essential health services, following an announcement by doctors and health workers to halt non-emergency medical operations today. In a press release issued today, the Ministry\u2019s associate spokesperson, Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, appealed to all hospitals to maintain a smooth environment &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":431054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-433226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433227,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433226\/revisions\/433227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433226"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=433226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}