Dr Govinda KC began his 13th fast-unto-death on Thursday demanding that the Health Profession Education (HPE) Bill be endorsed immediately keeping the recommendations made by a team of experts intact. The orthopaedic surgeon’s 13th hunger strike in the last five years comes days after he “postponed” his 12th fast-unto-death which he launched on September 25 amid talks that parliamentarians were planning to rush through the HPE Bill with some amendments that would have benefited a handful of health institutions, particularly those which are backed by members of some political parties. He, however, had said that he would launch the next round of hunger strike from October 5.