The Nepal Medical Council has revoked the registration licenses of 19 physicians who renounced their Nepali citizenship to acquire foreign passports. Registrar Dr. Satish Kumar Dev confirmed that the names of these doctors have been removed from the council’s official registry. These doctors took citizenship in countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Germany, Australia, and India, thereby relinquishing their Nepali citizenship.
Kathmandu, 18 Baisakh – The Nepal Medical Council has annulled the registration certificates (licenses) of an additional 19 physicians. Dr. Satish Kumar Dev, the council registrar, said the licenses were revoked due to these physicians abandoning Nepali citizenship. Previously, the council had revoked the licenses of 17 doctors under the same circumstances.
Dr. Dev stated, “The licenses of these doctors who have traded their Nepali citizenship for foreign passports have been revoked, and their names removed from the official register.” He added, “This decision has been made pursuant to the Nepal Medical Council Act 2023 and Regulations 2027, as well as the Nepal Citizenship Act 2006, which mandate deregistration of any physician who abandons Nepali citizenship in favor of foreign nationality.”
The council’s action follows once these physicians acquired citizenships from the UK, Canada, USA, New Zealand, Germany, Australia, and India. Licenses of Dr. Sumindra Pun, Dr. Shailesh Kumar Jaiswal, Dr. Bhupesh Khadka, Dr. Aarti Ranabhat, Dr. Rameshraj Pahari, Dr. Sanjok Ghale, Dr. Rishiraj Baral, Dr. Prabhu Pandey, Dr. Tripti Maharjan, and Dr. Srijana Shrestha had already been revoked earlier under this policy.
More recently, licenses were also revoked for Dr. Sunita Bist, Dr. Deepa Mall, Dr. Saurav Jisi, Dr. Jenisha Shrestha, Dr. Prabhas Regmi, Dr. Deepika Gyawali, Dr. Hemu Chaurasia, Dr. Sameeksha Sharma, and Dr. Manorama Pandey.
