Om Hospital (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy) Incident

Hospital: Om Hospital and Research Center, Chabahil, Kathmandu

Victims: None

Type of violence: Threatening and protest

Event: 54-year-old-woman, who underwent gall-bladder surgery in Om Hospital died the next day in ICU. Doctors, who shifted her to the ICU after successful surgery, argued that her death was due to cardic arrest, not due to doctor’s carelessness. Aggressive relatives demonstrated against the hospital. A hospital authority later disclosed that the case was settled in the evening after the hospital paid Rs. 17 lakhs as compensation.

News Links:

1. Kin of patient who died at Om hospital end protest - The Himalayan Times