Gandak Hospital (Diarrhea) Incident

Hospital: Gandak Hospital, Birgunj, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Non-violent (Demonstration)

Event: After the death of an 18-month-old infant with diarrhea during the course of treatment in the hospital, the irate kin staged a demonstration claiming that the patient died due to injection with an infected syringe. They had claimed that the syringe was loaded around 13 hours ago with half the dose of medicine.

News Links:

1. Gandak Hospital tense in Birgunj - The Himalayan Times