Kathmandu, April 27 -- Nepal Medical Council, which formed a six-member team to investigate the death of a woman earlier this month following an abortion, suspended the licence of Dr Satish Rupakheti, who carried out the procedure. The council also recommended sealing of the clinic and pharmacy with immediate effect.

A member of the team dispatched to Butwal for the investigation said that abortion was not carried out in accordance with standard treatment protocols. The clinic, where the abortion was carried out, and the pharmacy that sold medicines were not registered, and treatment records were not maintained properly.

"The clinic, which has been running illegally, poses a serious threat to the safety of other patients as well," said ...