Mehelkuna Hospital (Snake Bite) Incident

Hospital: Mehelkuna Hospital, Surkhet

Victims: On duty health care workers

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After death of a 9-year-old boy on the way to Province Hospital Surkhet after the boy was referred after primary treatment at Mehelkuna Hospital, the hospital was vandalized, and health workers were thrashed claiming the negligence of hospital.

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1. मेहेलकुना अस्पतालको घटनाप्रति स्वास्थ्यकर्मी संघको ध्यानाकर्षण - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika
2. सुर्खेतको मेहेलकुना अस्पतालमा भएको घटनाप्रति एनएमएको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण, ऐन बमोजिम कडा कारवाही गर्न माग