The province 2 government has financially assisted three MBBS students from Dalit community.
Province chief minister Lal Babu Raut Tuesday handed a cheque of Rs 300,000 to each of them. The beneficiaries are Dinesh Marik Dom of Chhinnamasta rural municipality-2; and Rukesh Kumar Ram and Pramod Kumar Ram of Ishwapur municipality-1, Sarlahi. Dinesh is the first member from the Dom community to be qualified for the MBBS studies while Rukesh Kumar and Pramod Kumar are the brothers.
All of them are pursuing the medical degree at the National Medical College on scholarship quota and the province government decided to support them as they face problems for food and accommodation.
Meanwhile, disabled Shambhu Mishra of Pipara, Mahottari received Rs 50,000 from the province government for medical treatment.