KATHMANDU:  Prof Dr Jagadish Prasad Agrawal has been appointed the Dean of Institute of Medicine (IoM) on Saturday.

A meeting of the TU executive council held at the official residence of Prime Minister in Baluwatar made the decision to appoint the neurologist as the IoM's Dean after Prof Dr Keshaw Prasad Singh put in papers.

Dr Govinda KC has been staging a fast-unto-death at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for past 20 days putting forth various demands including Prof Dr Singh's resignation.

Prof Dr Singh on Friday tendered his resignation to "save the life of Prof Dr Govinda KC".

The veteran orthopaedic surgeon KC has been demanding that the dean should be appointed on the basis of seniority, but not political power sharing.

It has been learned that Dr KC would break his 10th fast-unto-death today.

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