Doctors staged a sit-in at Bharatpur Hospital on Sunday in protest against issues related to the Consumer Court. 

Doctors working in various hospitals in Chitwan gathered at Bharatpur Hospital and staged a sit-in for an hour. 

Private hospital operators, nurses and other stakeholders in the health sector joined in solidarity with the doctors.

The sit-in today is a part of a phase-wise protest announced by the Nepal Medical Association expressing dissatisfaction over the matter.

Nepal Medical Association Chitwan President Dr Umesh Nepal and others spoke at the sit-in while saying that the protest would continue until their demands were met. 

They stressed that medical services should not be dragged to the consumer court.