The recommendation made by the Health Profession Education Policy drafted by a team led by Kedar Bhakata Mathema, the Tribhuvan University’s Institute of Medicine (IOM) on Saturday instructed its affiliate medical colleges to reduce fees for the MBBS course—one of the demands of Dr Govinda KC who has staged 10 rounds of hunger strikes demanding reforms in the country’s medical education. Private medical colleges charge exorbitant fees—putting undue financial pressure on students. This forces many families to incur huge debts to finance their children’s studies. Because the initial investment is high, most young doctors worry about a return on their investment. As a result, many newly inducted medical practitioners look straight into profit-making. Unsurprisingly, many doctors are seen to be constantly looking for ways to maximise their income. Anecdotal evidence even suggests that doctors tend to overprescribe, ask for too many tests and recommend their patients to visit certain laboratories where the rates for, say, a CT scan is much higher than in most other places.