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Dr Govinda KC ends fast unto death

Dr Govinda KC ends fast unto death

By THT Online

Dr Govinda KC drinks juice from the hands of Bikash Nepali, a COVID-19 recovered sanitation staff of Teaching Hospital while ending his fast unto death hunger strike on the 28th day, at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, October 11, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/ THT

KATHMANDU: Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Govinda KC who was on a fast-unto-death for 28 days, has ended his hunger strike today. The health sector reform activist ended his strike after signing an eight-point deal with the government on Saturday midnight. Read More: Dr Govinda KC to end hunger strike, eight point agreement reached A sanitation staffer at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital offered him a glass of juice thus ending his 19th fast unto death.