Just so you don't think the week was uneventful...

Doctors call off strike in Nepal Kathmandu (PTI): Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has called off its three-day strike in hospitals across the country, after the government assured them of fulfilling their demands. The doctors across the country went on strike on Wednesday after the relatives of a deceased patient vandalised a private nursing home and threatened to kill the doctor who had treated the patient. Doctors had demanded the government to provide security for health workers and health institutions. The medical body withdrew the strike after the Health Ministry assured them of bringing in the Health Protection Bills and investigate into the incident. "Under the new arrangement the local administration will also provide one security personnel each to doctors as per the threat analysis if the government receives such a request," said Dr Senendra Raj Upreti, chief of Public Health Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation Division at the ministry. The government has also assured the doctors to provide security personnel with communications equipment at all private and government hospitals with more than 50 beds, Dr Upreti said. The government decided to allocate Rs five million immediately for Health Practitioners and Health Security Fund until the new act is enforced. The strike had halted all medical services except emergency at all hospitals across the country for last three days.