Hospital: District Hospital, Phaplu, Solukhumbu, Nepal

Victim: On duty doctor and health care workers in Emergency Department

Violence type: Verbal abuse, threatening

Event: A patient under the influence of alcohol/drugs came to ER following RTA and abused health personnels.

News Links:

1. सोलुखुम्बु अस्पतालका डाक्टरमाथि आकस्मिक कक्षमै गालीगलौज र दुर्व्यवहार - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika

Hospital: Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal

Victim: On-duty doctor and security guard in Emergency Department

Type of violence: Verbal abuse, Threatening

Event: A drunk man refused ER ticketing and threatened the security guard and on-duty doctor

News links:

1. मध्यरातमा उपचारत डाक्टर /गार्डमाथी काटिदिन्छु/मारिदिन्छु भन्दै दुव्र्यवहार - Swasthyapati
2. धम्की दिनेलाई कारवाहीको माग गर्दै प्रहरीलाई भरतपुर अस्पतालको पत्र (kantipurhealth.com)

Hospital: Daivik Hospital, Janakpur

Event: Violence to healthcare workers and hospital with the issues regarding the bill payments by patient attendants

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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

News links:

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: Baghauda Hospital, Madi, Nepal

Victims: Doctors

Violence type: Threatening 

Event: After death of the patient, the patient attendants demanded 25 lakh rupees. When the hospital refused to offer the ransom, they targeted the doctors and vandalized the doctors quarter.

 

Hospital: Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Nepal

Victim: On duty doctor in HDU

Type of violence: Physical

Event: At around 11 PM, on duty medical officer was manhandled during the course of management of a patient with stage IV carcinoma lungs.

Hospital: Manipal Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal

Victim: On-duty resident doctor 

Violence type: Physical 

Event: After death of a 57-year-old elderly patient in ICU, the patient attendants and goons had vandalized the doctors and hospital.

News links:

1. पोखराको मणिपाल अस्पतालमा बिरामीको मृत्यु भएपछि डाक्टरमाथि आक्रमण - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika

2. मणिपाल घटना : किन गयो हरिहर वस्ती सहितको टोली पोखरा, किन फर्कियो रित्तो हात? - नारायण अधिकारी :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika

Perpetrator(s):

1. Manish Thapa

2. Sujit Mulmi

3. Abinas Gurung

4. Pradeep Gurung

5. Arun Gurung

6. Nitesh Gurung

7. Bibek Gurung

8. Sushil Karki (Chawa)

9. Binay Gurung

Most perpetrators have been found to be caught frequently for various crimes (upto 15 times) and were not relatives of the deceased patient.

प्रहरी हिरासतमा १५ पटकसम्म पुगेका व्यक्ति नै डाक्टर आक्रमणमा, भाडामा प्रयोग भएको आशंका! - नारायण अधिकारी :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika

What happened to the perpetrators?

Except Binay Gurung and Sushil Karki, all other 7 caught perpetrators have been released on NRs. 1,00,000/- bail.

मणिपालका डाक्टरलाई कुटेको आरोपमा २ जना कारागार चलान, ७ जना धरौटीमा रिहा – Online Khabar

Hospital: Lamjung Hospital, Lamjung, Nepal

Victim: On duty doctor 

Violence type: Physical 

Events: Patient attendants disagreed with the regular consent form for hospital admission

News links:

1. लमजुङमा डाक्टरमाथि वडाध्यक्षको मुक्का – Online Khabar

2. लमजुङमा डाक्टरमाथि कुटपिट, एक जना पक्राउ - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika

Perpetrator(s): 

• Rishi Basnet

What happened to the Perpetrator?

Released on NRs. 1,00,000/- bail

 

Hospital: Sripur PHC, Kanchanpur, Nepal

Victim: 1 Auxillary Health Worker

Violence type: Verbal and Physical 

Event: A drunk man threatens on-duty health worker in the presence of a policeman on the unavailability of suture material as the store was closed.

News links: 

1. कञ्चनपुरमा बिरामीलाई टाँका लगाइरहेका अहेबको घाँटी न्याकियो :: सेतोपाटी संवाददाता :: Setopati

Perpetrator(s):

• Ram Bahadur Khadka (Ramu)

What happened to the perpetrator?

The caught perpetrator was released within a few days of the crime.

Hospital: Sundarharaicha Nagar Hospital, Nepal 

Victim: 1 On-duty doctor

Violence type: Verbal and Physical 

Events: Patient's son became aggressive after patient reported to ER with fever and after initial assessment the doctor reported to them that there was no fever.

News links: 

1. सुन्दरहैँचा नगर अस्पतालका चिकित्सकमाथि हातपात | Nagarik News (nagariknetwork.com)

 

Perpetrator(s):

1. Sukraraj Majhi

Hospital: Sancho Hospital, Hetauda, Nepal

Victims: 2 doctors

• 1 doctor sustained facial fracture (depressed zygomatic bone fracture)
• Another doctor sustained facial injury

Violence type: Physical

Events:

• Patient was admitted on Shrawan 22 with suspected Dengue
• Patient was referred to another higher center on Shrawan 23
• Mortality on Shrawan 25 at that center

News links:

1. डाक्टर कुट्नेलाई पक्राउ गर्न, कानुनबमोजिम मुद्दा चलाउन पनि प्रधानमन्त्रीको निर्देशन चाहिने! :: विवेक राई :: Setopati
2. चिकित्सक कुटपिट प्रकरण : मृतकका श्रीमती र छोराछोरीसहित ४ जना पक्राउ - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika
3. हेटौंडामा डाक्टर कुट्ने चार जना पक्राउ :: सेतोपाटी संवाददाता :: Setopati
4. डा विकास थापा र डा प्रशान्त विडारीमाथि आक्रमण गर्नेलाई कारबाहीको माग - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika
5. चिकित्सक संघको टोलीलाई प्रधानमन्त्री दाहालले भने- डाक्टर कुट्नेलाई तुरुन्त कारबाही हुन्छ - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika
6. चिकित्सक संघको टोलीलाई प्रधानमन्त्री दाहालले भने- डाक्टर कुट्नेलाई तुरुन्त कारबाही हुन्छ - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika

Perpetrator(s):

1. Rama Pradhan
2. Ramita Pradhan
3. Rohit Pradhan
4. Anup Pradhan
5. Jiwan Lama
6. Subash Syangtan

What happened to the perpetrators?

The caught perpetrators:

1. Rama Pradhan has been released on NRs. 2,50,000/- bail
2. All other caught perpetrators have been released on NRs. 2,00,000/- bail

Hospital: Gulmi Hospital, Tamghas, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: None

Event: The relatives of the deceased (a 7-year-old-girl admitted for abdominal pain) chanted slogans and ransacked the hospital premises claiming the negligence of hospital and health workers. Relatives claimed that the patient was improving and suddenly went unconscious and started frothing once the patient was given an injection by a nurse. Medical superintendent Dr. Rajendra GC was man-handled by the crowd.

News Links:

1. Tension grips Gulmi Hospital following death of seven-year-old girl - myRepublica
2. Gulmi District Hospital under tension after girl's death | Ratopati
3. Gulmi Hospital tense after child’s death during treatment (kathmandupost.com)

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Hospital: Swostik Cardio and Multispeciality Hospital, Dhangadhi, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Protest

Event: A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital and operated for the removal of renal stone. Postoperatively, nephrectomy was undertaken to stop the ongoing hemorrhage from the kidney. Although the bleeding was believed to have ceased after the second surgery, patient passed away. They demanded that Rs 10 million should be given as compensation and action against the surgeon. An agreement was reached for Rs 2.2 million and that action would be taken for involved surgeon.

News Links:

1. Patient death case: 3-point agreement between relatives and hospital | Ratopati
2. Death of patient case: Security made tighter in hospital | Ratopati
3. Kin demonstrate at Dhangadhi’s Swostik Hospital after patient dies (nepalkhabar.com)
4. Patient dies after kidney removal following kidney stone surgery - myRepublica
5. Swostik Cardio and Multispeciality Hospital compensates victim’s family with Rs 2.2 million - myRepublica

Hospital: Koshi Zonal Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

Victims: Head doctor of maternity ward

Type of violence: Physical

Event: Kin of 27-year-old pregnant woman who had died in the course of treatment at the hospital, had thrashed the parturition ward chief blaming negligence for the death. The deceased's kin had demanded for Rs. 2 million compensation and action against the doctor. The hospital had claimed death to be due to myocardial infarction.

News Links:

1. Doctors resign en masse from Koshi hospital - Nepali Headlines
2. Doctors at Koshi hospital withdraw their resignation - Nepali Headlines

Hospital: Manakamana Hospital, Baharatpur, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Protest and Pad-locking

Event: After death of a 32-year-old pregnant woman (in 3rd month of gestation) who had visited the hospital with P/V bleeding, irate relatives had pad-locked the hospital and protested.

News Links:

1. डाक्टरको लापरवाहीले तीन महिने गर्भवतीको मृत्यु भएको भन्दै मनकामना अस्पतालमा ताला (deshsanchar.com)

Hospital: Kanchanpur Municipal Hospital, Kanchanpur, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After death of a 16-year-old patient with fever and hemoptysis, irate relatives vandalized the hospital claiming the negligence of treating doctor. They claimed that death occurred within 2 minutes of administering and injection. 

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Hospital: Godawari Hospital, Janakpur, Nepal

Event: Family members vandalized the hospital after death of a 32 year old patient who was admitted with the complaint of abdominal pain. They agreed to stop only after they received the demanded 5 lakhs NRs compensation.

News links:

1. युवकको मृत्युपछि अस्पतालमा तोडफोड, पाँच लाखमा मिलापत्र – Online Khabar

Hospital: Shree Ratnahari Memorial Hospital, Damauli, Tanahun, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Non-violent (Protest and Pad-locking)

Event: After death of a 35-year-old engineer on the way to Charak Hospital from Shree Ratnahari Memorial Hospital (where he was admitted for few days), agitated relatives had pad-locked the hospital claiming the delay in referral of the patient.

News Links:

1. उपचारमा लापरवाही गरेको आरोप लगाउँदै अस्पतालमा तालाबन्दी – इन्सेक (inseconline.org)

 

Hospital: Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital

Event: Crowd vandalized the hospital and healthcare workers after the patient was admitted to ICU after surgery of a 71 year old female.

Hospital: District Hospital Mugu, Mugu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Non-violent (Padlocking)

Event: After death of a 30-year-old pregnant lady during the process of anesthesia before the surgery in the hospital, the relatives had padlocked the administration of hospital claiming the negligence of hospital.

News Links:

1. सुत्केरी महिलाको मृत्यु भएको भन्दै पीडित पक्षद्वारा अस्पतालमा तालाबन्दी – इन्सेक (inseconline.org)