Hospital: Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Victims: 1 on-duty MDGP doctor and other emergency staffs

Type of violence: Violent

Event: A 69-year-old man had passed away in the Emergency Department of KMCTH due to sudden cardiac arrest. Relatives of the deceased had accused the hospital of negligence and delay in medical intervention and beaten on-duty MDGP doctor and other doctors and staffs in emergency along with vandalizing the Emergency room.

News Links:

1. Demonstration at KMC Hospital following alleged negligence in patient care - myRepublica
2. कुटपिट र तोडफोडपछि केएमसीका डाक्टरहरु त्रसित- समाचार - कान्तिपुर समाचार

Perpetrator(s): Dewendra Rimal

Hospital: Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Victim: 1 On-duty intern doctor

Violence type: Physical

Event: 1 Intern doctor was beaten by 3-4 people when trying to control crowd in the Nephrology OPD

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1. केएमसी अस्पतालमा डाक्टरमाथि कुटपिट, स्वास्थ्यकर्मी आन्दोलनमा - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika
2. केएमसी अस्पतालमा डाक्टरमाथि आक्रमण गर्ने दुई जना पक्राउ - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika
3. काठमाडौं मेडिकल कलेजमा इन्टर्न डाक्टरमाथि हातपात – Online Khabar

Perpetrator(s):

1. Rupak Gautam

2. Saroj Gautam

Hospital: Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Non-violent (Demonstration)

Event: Claiming that the doctor had cut a vital nerve during the surgery for brain tumor of a 48-year-old man, ultimately leading to his death, the agitated relatives and the struggle committee staged a demonstration outside hospital demanding for compensation.

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1. चिकित्सकको लापरवाहीले बिरामीको मृत्यु भएको भन्दै केएमसीमा धर्ना (deshsanchar.com)

Hospital: Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After death of a 58-year-old woman during the course of treatment in the hospital, irate relatives smashed 10-11 windowpanes by pelting stone claiming the negligence of doctors. The doctors had stated that the patient died because of the heart attack. The law enforcement agency had arrested 9 people for their alleged involvement in the vandalism.

News Links:

1. Kathmandu Medical College vandalized « Khabarhub
2. https://www.setopati.com/social/223130

Hospital: Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Picketing and Protest

Event: The hospital had prescribed a drug named "Flexon" (combination of ibuprofen and paracetamol) and discharged a 9-year-old girl with fracture of the leg. The girl was brought back to the hospital with side-effects of the medication. The family and relatives of the dead one picketed the hospital and protested accusing wrong medicine, however, the hospital claimed that the hospital failed to save the child as the family did not bring her immediately after she showed side-effects. This was settled (out of court) with Rs. 5,00,000 compensation.

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1. KMC compensates after patient dies of wrong treatment