Lone hunger striker spurs Nepal to action.

The article reports on the hunger strike by Govinda KC, physician and professor at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University (TU) in Nepal, initiated on February 8, 2014 against political patronage and corruption in academia and research in Nepal. Topics discussed include KC's demands of reinstating IOM's former dean and disciplinary action against corrupt staff, measures taken by Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and funding expenditures of Nepal's research agencies.