A four-point deal has been penned between Bikas Tiwari and government on Saturday. Tiwari, the Chairman of Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Gajendrawadi), has been staging hunger strike for the past 18 days seeking reforms in Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital in Rajbiraj, the headquarters of Saptari.

The deal was made in presence of Health Minister Gagan Thapa. Tiwari had earlier said that he would not strike any deal with the government unless Minister Thapa arrives in person.

After signing on the agreement, Tiwari ended his hunger strike by drinking juice from a 14-month-old malnutrition patient at the hospital.

According to the agreement, the government will fill doctors' vacancies in the hospital, form a high level committee to probe into irregularities in the hospital, take action against guilty, among others.

Tiwari began his hunger strike at the hospital premises on November 23 demanding to make the hospital children-friendly, provide healthy and nutritious food to the patients, arrange fresh drinking water at the hospital premise, construct main entrance gate, availability of doctors for eye, nose, neck, skin, among others, availability of radiologist, construction of maternity building, complete other under-construction buildings, stick a list of medicines to be provided by the government in hospital premises, among other demands.

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