Kathmandu, July 13:

The Health Workers’ Assistant level-IV Welfare Protection Committee today gheraoed the Ministry of Health and Population, demanding promotion of those level-IV health workers who have completed three years in service.

There are more than 10,000 level-IV health workers, including Auxiliary Health Workers, Auxiliary Nursing and Midwife, dark room assistants, cold chain assistants, laboratory assistants and malaria inspectors. A discussion today between the government and the agitating health workers ended on a positive note after they agreed to include health workers while making amendments in the Health Act.