Hospital: Bir Hospital, Mahaboudha, Kathmandu

Victims: On duty Gastrosurgeon and other OT staffs

Type of violence: Physical

Event: The attack on health workers, including doctors, was reported at 4:30 pm on Friday in the hospital’s operating room, according to hospital director Dr. Santosh Poudel.

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Perpetrator(s): Ramchandra Khadka (Ramechhap)

24 March, 2012 (Bir Hospital, Kathmandu)

• The minister of health and population who reached the hospital in a drunk state had misbehaved and abused the doctors and health workers in the hospital.

2 April, 2012 (Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar)

• After death of the patient, relatives attacked the doctors and the staff.

6 July and 10 July, 2012 (BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur)

• Doctors were attacked.

11 July, 2012 (BPKIHS, Dharan)

• A pediatrician in the hospital was attacked and abused.

31 July, 2012 (Terhathum Hospital)

• A doctor working in Tehrathum district hospital was attacked and injured by the patient's relatives. Relatives of the patient attacked doctor for not paying attention to the patient's treatment.

7 September, 2012 (Rapti Academy of Health Sciences, Dang)

• A drunk local had attacked a doctor and injured him.

14 March, 2010 (TUTH IOM, Maharjgunj)

• 3 doctors from Maharjgunj Medical Campus were attacked.

17 August, 2010 (Provincial Hospital Lahan, Siraha)

• A doctor was assaulted and the hospital vandalized.

August, 2010 (NINAS, Bansbari)

• The patient's relatives attacked the doctor at the National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences Neuro Hospital in Bansbari.

17 August, 2010 (Provinical Hospital Lahan, Siraha)

• There was an assault on the doctor and the hospital was vandalized.

4 October, 2010 (Bir Hospital, Kathmandu)

• Some miscreants attacked a doctor working in the ultrasound room in the Emergency Room.

24 January, 2008 (Malangwa Hospital, Sarlahi)

• The health workers on duty at Malangwa Hospital, Sarlahi were beaten and abused.

5 July, 2008 (Everest Nursing Home, Kathmandu)

• The doctor working at the hospital and the hospital was vandalized by relatives regarding the treatment of a patient who was initially treated for abdominal pain at Everest Nursing Home in Kathmandu and later died at Bir Hospital.

July, 2008 (Bir Hospital)

• Bir Hospital was attacked after a child who underwent hip surgery died from kidney failure. Relatives of the boy stormed the hospital, and assaulted doctors and nurses on duty. The reason they gave for their action was “sheer negligence on the part of the doctors” who treated him.

25 August, 2008 (Dhulikhel Hospital)

• After the death of a patient during her treatment at Dhulikhel Hospital, her relatives had attacked and vandalized the health institution.

22 September, 2008 (Himal Nursing Home)

• A doctor from Himal Nursing Home was attacked.

25 October, 2008 (Norvic International Hospital)

• The relatives had attacked the doctor claiming that there was a delay in treatment of a patient leading to his death. The patient was the principal of Modern Indian Boarding school.

16 November, 2008 (Gorkha Hospital)

• A doctor from Gorkha hospital and public health officers were attacked.

23 May, 2006 (Lumbini Province Hospital, Butwal)

• After the death of the patient during the treatment, a doctor working at Lumbini Zonal Hospital, Butwal, was attacked by the relatives of the deceased. The angry group had also vandalized the hospital. Two dozen other private clinics were also vandalized and ambulance was set ablaze, alleging that a patient was reportedly killed due to doctors' negligence.

24 May, 2006 (Everest Nursing Home, Kathmandu)

• After the death of the patient during the treatment, the relatives of the deceased attacked the health workers at the Everest Nursing Home in Kathmandu and vandalized the hospital. Over hundred people including his relatives vandalized the hospital. Agitated crowd entered hospital premises and vandalized furniture, burnt tyres on the road in front of the nursing home, chanted slogans and demanded action against the doctors responsible.

16 June, 2006 (Province Hospital Janakpur)

• After the death of the patient during the treatment, relatives attacked the doctor working in the hospital and the hospital in Janakpur Regional Hospital. After the death of a seriously injured patient in the accident during treatment, the medical superintendent working in the hospital and other health-impaired persons were assaulted and the hospital vandalized.

28 August, 2006 (NAMS, Bir Hospital)

• On the night, relatives of the patient attacked the doctors and health workers who were treating emergency patients at Bir Hospital.

13 September, 2006 (PAHS, Patan Hospital)

• After death of a 3-year-old girl, relatives had attacked two doctors.

9 October, 2006 (Trishuli Hospital)

• Infuriated group broke windows and doors of the hospital and also damaged medical equipment and other materials following death of two patients injured in a mini-truck accident.

20 November, 2006 (National Medical College, Birgunj)

• After death of a girl who underwent appendectomy, relatives accused the doctors of carelessness and vandalized the hospital.