Brought about by a demand for increased security for medical officials in the country after Monday's incident, the strike was called off after government officials agreed to the group's demands, the Nepal News said.

Several relatives of a child who had died during treatment were overcome by grief Monday at Kathmandu's Kanti Children's Hospital and attacked nurses and doctors.

In order to effectively end the three-day strike, Nepal's Health Ministry has agreed to add plainclothes police officers to area hospitals as a means to increase security for medical employees.

"We have decided to end the strike after we got assurance of security," NMA official Dr. Kiran Shrestha told the News. "We definitely feel sorry about the problems caused by the strike but it should be understood that medical professionals can work more efficiently if they feel safe."

Thousands of patients were forced to endure delays due to the doctors' strike and the paper said that one death was directly linked to the lack of available care.