Ministry to Reactivate Health Worker Security Committee Amidst Rising Attacks

Kathmandu. To control the increasing attacks on health workers and vandalism in health institutions, the Ministry of Health and Population, which has been inactive for a long time, is preparing to reactivate the 'Health Worker and Health Institution Security Coordination Committee'.

The committee, formed in accordance with 'Section 5' of the 'Health Worker and Health Institution Security Act 2066', is being regularly operated again and the process of effectively mobilizing it to solve security-related problems of health workers and health institutions has been advanced, the ministry has stated.