By Our Reporter  The BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan used to be regarded as the best medical college in Nepal. But over the years, it has been marred by mismanagement and government inaction. It has been months since the teaching-learning activities as well as health services were disturbed in the BPKIHS. A few weeks ago, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal instructed Health Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet and Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal to address the problem by calling an executive meeting. But the instruction never came into implementation. After the teachers and staff launched a strike prompting the Prime Minister to give such instruction, now the students resorted to a relay hunger strike, advocating for the swift resumption of their studies. The students have been staging the hunger strike for the past six days under the banner ‘Student's Will, Autonomous Medical Education’. They are urging authorities to ensure their constitutional rights by promptly resuming teaching-learning activities and conducting examinations at full capacity. For the last 24 days, the institute has faced disruptions due to protests. The deadlock stems from the suspension of the promotion process for teachers, doctors, and employees at the BP Institute. Despite an agreement made on December 18 to resume the promotion interview pending ministerial approval, the process remains in limbo, leading to civil disobedience protests by the teachers and staff welfare societies for over three weeks. This is the third instance of interruptions, with previous closures occurring from August 29 to September 12 and again from October 7 to November 9 last year. Now the frustrated students have launched a new protest. However, the government, especially Health Minister Basnet has failed to address the problem facing the BPKIHS. The BPKIHs serve as the best example of how the government and the political parties and leaders tend to spoil an academic institution to meet their interests.